Free Scheduling Order - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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. if i IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COIEIRLF
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
CHARLES CARL, )
Plaintiff g
v. g Case No.: 05-918-SLR
MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A., I
Defendant. g
PROPOSED SCHEDULING ORDER
This L}`t'|·~ day of , 2006, the parties having satisiied their
obligations tmder Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), and the court having conducted a pretrial scheduling
conference pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and D. Del. LR l6.2(a) and (b).
IT IS ORDERED that:
l. Pre—Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange by August 1 1,
2006 the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(l) and D. Del. LR 16.2.
2. Discovery.
(a) Discovery will be needed on the following subj ects: how Plaintiffs
employment ended and whether Defendant has any liability in connection with his separation
from employment, the nature and extent of Plaintiffs medical conditions and disabilities, his
treatments and medications, and the exact nature of Plaintiffs and/or his disability case
worker’s alleged requests for an accommodation.
(b) All discovery shall be commenced in time to be completed by
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(c) Maximum of 30 interrogatories by each party to any other party.
(d) Maximum of 30 requests for admission by each party to any other
patty-
(e) Maximum of 10 depositions by plaintiff and 10 depositions by
defendant.
(f) Each deposition other than ofthe patties will be limited to a maximum
of 7 hours on the record unless extended by agreement of parties or by leave of Court.
(g) Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a)(2) on issues for which
any party has the burden of proof due by October 15, 2006. Rebuttal expert reports due by
December 22, 2006.
(h) Discovery Disputes. Any discovery dispute shall be submitted to the
court pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37. During the course of discovery, each party is limited to
two (2) Rule 37 motions. The court shall make itself available, however, to resolve through a
telephone conference, disputes that arise during the course of a deposition and disputes
related to entry of a protective order. _
3. Joinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleadings, and Class
Certification. All motions to join other parties, amend the pleadings, and certify a class
action shall be filed on or before August ll, 2006.
4. Settlement Conference. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, this matter is
referred to Magistrate Judge Thynge for the purposes of exploring ADR.
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5. Summary Judgment Motions. All summary judgment motions shall be
served and tiled with an opening brief on or before March 23, 2007. Briefing shall be
pursuant to D. Del. LR 7.1.2. No summary judgment motion may be filed more than ten (10)
days from the above date without leave of the court.
6. Applications by Motion. Any application to the court shall be by
written motion tiled with the clerk. Unless otherwise requested by the court, counsel shall not
deliver copies of papers or correspondence to chambers. Any non—dispositive motion shall
contain the statement required by D.Del. LR 7.1.1.
7. Motions in Limine. All motions in limine shall be tiled on or before
Liv 0+ 9 , J-var.
. All responses to said motions shall be tiled on or
before + ml Own · e.
8. Pretrial Conference. A pretrial conference will be held on
if [ le {O 7 at jg: 170 E ·_m. in Courtroom No. 6B, Sixth Floor Federal
Building, 844 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and
D. Del. LR 16.4 shall govern the pretrial conference.
9. Trial. This matter is scheduled for a jury trial commencing on
Qi :7 Z 0 7 in Courtroom No. 6B, Sixth Floor Federal Building, 844 King Street,
Wilmington, Delaware. For purposes of completing pretrial preparations, the parties
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- should plan on being allocated a total number of hours in which to present their respective
cases.
/s/ Gg W. Aber
Gary W. Aber, Esquire (No. 754)
Aber, Goldlust, Baker & Over
702 King Street, Suite 600
P.O. Box 1675
Wilmington, DE 19899-1675
Attomeys for Plaintiff
ls! Sheldon N. Sandler
Sheldon N. Sandler, Esquire (No. 245)
Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
The Brandywine Building, 17th Floor
1000 West Street
P.O. Box 391
Wilmington, DE 19899-0391
Telephone: (302) 571 -6673
Facsimile: (302) 576-3330
Email: [email protected]
and
fs! Elena D. Marcus
Elena D. Marcuss, Esquire
McGuire Woods LLP
7 St. Paul Street, Suite 1000
Baltimore, MD 21202
Telephone: (410) 659-4400
Facsimile: (410) 659-4547
Email: [email protected]
Attorneys for Defendant
DATED: July 28, 2006
SO ORDERED this ii`}; day of , 2006
United States Digct Judge
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