Free Scheduling Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
DOMINION CITRUS LUVIITED, etal. ;
PlaintiIT, C./\ No. 07-00050 (JJF)
v. :
MV BADRINATI I. et al.
Defendant.
RULE 16 SCHEDIJLING ORDER
The parties having satisfied their obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 (if`),
IT IS ORDERED that:
l. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange by September I,
2007 the inl`or1n;nion required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(l) and D. Del. LR 16.2.
2. Joinclcr of other Parties. All motions tojoin other parties shall be filed on
or beFore September 30. 2007.
3. Discovery.
(a) Exchange and completion ofinterrogatories, identilication
of all fact witnesses and document production shall be commenced so as to be
completed by November 15. 2007.
(b) Maximum ol`50 interrogatories by each pany to any other
party.
( e) Maximuin of 50 requests for admission by each party to any
other party.

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(dl Maximum ot`35 depositions by plaintiffs and 35 by
defendants. Some diseoveiy, including depositions and exchanging of documents has
already been conducted. Additional depositions shall not commence until the
discovery required by Paragraph 3 (a, b and C) ance completed.
(e) Reports from retained experts required by Fed. R. Civ. P.
26(a)(2) are due tioin the Party with the burden ol`proot”on an issue by June 13, 2008
and by the respondin_g party by July li, 2008.
tt`) Atty party desiring to deposc an expert witness shall notice
and complete said deposition no later than thirty (30) days from receipt of said cxpert’s
report, unless otltenvise agreed in writing by the parties.
4. Discovery Disputes.
(ii) A party seeking discovery which the opposing
party refuses to provide shall file a motion (no hriet`) pursuant to Rule 37 ofthe
Federal Rules ot`(`ivil Procedure and Local Rule 37.1. Said motion shall not exceed a
total of Your (4) pages. An Answer to the Rule 37 motion, not to exceed four (4) pages,
shall be filed within tive (b) days ofservicc ofthe tnotion. No reply is permitted.
tb) All papers shall set iiirth in a plain and
concise manner the- issuets) in dispute, the party's position on the isstte(s), and the
reasons tor the peirty's position.
( c) Upon receipt ofthe Answer, the movant shall notify
Chambers by c-mail atjji;t;ivil@/ded.ttSCOt1t'ts.goV that the patties have completed

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briefing.
td) Upon receipt ofthe niovant's e-mail, the Court will
detennine whether a conference is necessary and advise the parties accordingly.
(e) There is no limit on, the number ot"Ru1e 37 motions a party
may file. unless otherwise ordered bythe Court.
5. Aniendrnent of the Pleudings. All motions to amend the pleadings
shall be tiled on or before November I5, 2007.
6. Case Dispositive Motions. .=\ny case dispositive motions, pursuant
to the Fer1@i flules ol` Civil Procedure, shall be served and filed with an opening
brielon or before Xugust I5, 2008. Briefin I be pursuttnt to D. Del. LR 7.1.2.
No case dispositix e motion may be filed more than tn (I0) days from the above date
without leave ofthe Court.
7. Applications by Motion.
(a) Any applications to tlze Court shall be by
written motion tiled with the Clerk ofthe Court in compliance with the Federal Rules
oI`C`ivi? l’roeetIurt· and the Local Rules ot`Civil Practice for the United States District
Court for the District ot"DeIaware (Amended Et`f`eetive.Iant1a1y I, 1995). Any non-
dispositive motion shall contain the statement required by D. De]. LR 7.1.1. Briefs
shall, be limited to no more than ten (I0) pages. Parties may file stipulated and
unoppowd Orders with the Clerk ofthe Court tor the C`ourt's review and signing. The
Court wi II not consider appliczuions and - ubtnitted by letter or in a Iorm other

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than a tnotinn.
(b) No facsintilc trattsrnissions will be accepted.
( c) No telephone calls shall be made to Chambers.
(tl) Atty party with a trite entergeriey matter
requiring, the assistance ofthe Court shall e-mail Cltamhcrs at:
l`_civilfrtjtletl.tist;ot1rts.g0v, The e-mail shu vide L1 short SKHICITIGIUI describing the
emergency.
8. Pretrial Conl`et·enee and Trial. After reviewing the parties` Proposed Scheduling
Order. the Court i·.i|| schedule ti Pretrial Conference.
il`he Court will determine whether thc trial date should he scheduled
when the Sclietluling Order is entered cr at the l-’t·cirial Cettferettcc. Il` scheduling of
the trial date is deterred until the Pretrial Conference, the panics and counsel shall
anticipate and prepare for atrial to be held within sixty (60) to ninety (90) days ofthe
Pretrtal Centerence.
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