Free Scheduling Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT J,»~"w`\
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE 2;]
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LUCY Lum, )
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Plaintiff, )
) C.A. No.: 06-792(JJF)
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) Trial By Jury Demanded
STATE OF DELAWARE, )
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH )
AND SOCIAL SERVICES, )
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Defendant. )
PROPOSED RULE 16 SCHEDULING ORDER
The parties having satisfied their obligation under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f`),
IT IS ORDERED that:
l. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange by January 3I,
2008 the information required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(I) and D.Del. LRl6.2.
2. Joinder of other Parties. All motions to join other parties shall be filed
on or before March l, 2008.
3. Discovery.
(a) Exchange and completion of interrogatories, identification of all
fact witnesses and document production shall be commenced so as to be completed by
September 30, 2008.
(b) Maximum of thirty—five (35) interrogatories by each party to any
other party.
(c) Maximum of twenty—five (25) requests for admission by each party
to any other party.

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(d) Maximum of ten (10) depositions by p1aintiff(s) and ten (10) by
defendant(s). Depositions shall not commence until the discovery required by Paragraph 4 (a, b,
and c) are completed.
(e) Reports from retained experts required by Fed. R. Civ.P. 26(a)(2)
are due from the plaintiff(s) by May 1, 2008; from the defendant(s) by June l5, 2008.
(t) Any party desiring to depose an expert witness shall notice and
complete said deposition no later than thirty (3 0) days from receipt of said expert's report, unless
otherwise agreed in writing by the parties.
4. Discovery Disputes.
(a) A party seeking discovery which the opposing party refuses to
provide shall file a motion (no brief) pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure r
and Local Rule 37.1. Said motion shall not exceed a total of four (4) pages. An Answer to the
Rule 37 motion, not to exceed four 94) pages, shall be tiled within five (5) days of service of the
motion. No reply is permitted.
(b) All papers shall set forth in a plain and concise manner the issue
9s) in dispute, the party‘s position on the issue (s), and the reasons for the party's position.
(c) Upon receipt of the Answer, the movant shall notify Chambers by
e-mail at jif [email protected] that the parties have completed briefing.
(d) Upon receipt of the rnovant's e-mail, the Court will determine
whether a conference is necessary and advise the parties accordingly.
(e) There is no limit on the number of Rule 37 motions a party may
file, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

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5. Amendment of the Pleadings. All motions to amend the pleadings shall
be filed on or before April 1, 2008.
6. Case Dispositive Motions. Any case dispositive motions, pursuant to
0 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, shall be served and filed with an opening brief on or before
October 30, 2008. Briefing shall be pursuant to D.Del. LR 7.1.2. No case dispositive motion
shall be tiled more than ten (10) days from the above date without leave of the Court.
7. Applications by Motion.
(a) Any applications to the Court shall be by written motion filed with
the Clerk of the Court in compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local
Rules of Civil Practice for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (amended
Effective January 1, 1995). Any non—dispositive motion shall contain the statement required by
D.Del. LR 7.1.1. Briefs shall be limited to no more than ten (10) pages. Parties may file
stipulated and unopposed Orders with the Clerk of the Court for the Court‘s review and signing.
The Court will not consider applications and requests submitted by letter or in a form other than
a motion.
(b) No facsimile transmissions will be accepted.
(c) No telephone calls shall be made to Chambers.
(d) Any party with a true emergency matter requiring the assistance of
the Court shall e—1nail Chambers at: jjf_civl&ded.uscourts. gov. The e—mail shall provide a short
statement describing the emergency.
8. Pretrial Conference and Trial. After reviewing the parties' Proposed
Scheduling order, the Court will schedule a Pretrial Conference.

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The Court will determine whether the trial date should be scheduled when
the Scheduling Order is entered or at the Pretrial Conference. If scheduling of the trial date is
deferred until the Pretrial Conference, the parties and counsel shall anticipate and prepare for a
trial to be held within sixty (60) to ninety (90) days ofthe Pretrial Conference.
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DATED Honorable Ioseph J. Fama