Free Scheduling Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT MARY ANN JAGGER, Plaintiff, V. MOHAWK MOUNTAIN SKI, INC. and JAMES COURTOT Defendants. : : : : : : : : : :

CASE NO. 3:01CV2163(RNC)

SCHEDULING ORDER REGARDING CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN Based on the parties' report [doc. #23], the following dates are hereby adopted as reasonable and appropriate to serve the purposes of Fed. R. Civ. P. 1: Pleadings: The deadline suggested by the parties for filing motions to amend or to join parties has passed. Accordingly, in

the event such a motion is filed, it will be governed by the food cause standard of Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Damages Analysis: Any party with a claim or counterclaim for damages will provide a damages analysis on or before June 1, 2005. Discovery Deadline: All discovery, including all discovery

relating to expert witnesses, will be completed (not propounded) by June 1, 2005. Discovery Relating To Expert Witnesses: An expert witness is anyone, including a treating physician, who may be used at trial to present evidence under Rules 702, 703, or 705 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Unless otherwise ordered, a party intending to call

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such a witness must disclose a report signed by the witness containing the information required to be disclosed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B). All such expert reports will be disclosed by

plaintiff on or before December 31, 2004 and any such experts will be deposed on or before June 1, 2005. All such expert reports will

be disclosed by defendants on or before March 1, 2005 and any such experts will be deposed by June 1, 2005. Motions to Compel: Any motion for an order compelling

disclosure or discovery pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a) must be filed within 30 days after the due date of the response. Failure

to file a timely motion in accordance with this scheduling order constitutes a waiver of the right to file a motion to compel. Mandatory Settlement Conference: A settlement conference will be scheduled for the month of July 2005. Any party wishing to have

a settlement conference before then is encouraged to file a motion that reflects the views of the other parties. Joint Trial Memorandum: A joint trial memorandum in the form described in the attached addendum will be filed on or before September 1, 2005. Counsel signing the memorandum must certify

that it is the product of consultation between the lawyers who will be trying the case. Trial Ready List: list for October 2005. The case will be placed on the trial ready

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Dispositive Motions:

No dispositive motion will be filed Any request for a

unless a prefiling conference is requested.

prefiling conference must be submitted in the form of a letter to the court (with copies to all counsel of record or pro se parties) briefly describing the nature and basis of the proposed motion. Except in cases involving pro se parties, no request for a

prefiling conference may be submitted unless the attorney making the request has conferred with other counsel of record and

discussed the proposed motion in a good faith effort to clarify the issues, eliminate or reduce the area of controversy and arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution. Cf. D. Conn. L. Civ. R.

37(2)(requiring counsel to confer before filing motions relating to discovery disputes). Except in cases involving pro se parties, any request for a prefiling conference must include a statement that the attorney submitting the request has conferred with other counsel and must briefly describe the results of the conference. To be timely, any request for a prefiling conference regarding a motion for summary judgment must be submitted on or before April 15, 2005. Failure to submit a timely request may result in a If a

waiver of the right to file a summary judgment motion.

summary judgment motion is filed, the joint trial memorandum will be due 30 days after a ruling on the motion. Joint Status Reports of Counsel: A joint status report of The

counsel will be submitted on or before January 17, 2005.

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Joint status reports of counsel addressing those matters will be submitted every 90 days thereafter until the matter is resolved. Extensions of Time: All dates set forth in this order are The good cause despite due

firm and will be extended only for good cause. standard requires a particularized showing

that

diligence, the party seeking the extension could not comply with this order. Because of the importance of the discovery deadline to the entire schedule, motions to extend the discovery deadline will be viewed with disfavor. A motion to extend the discovery deadline will not be granted unless the movant shows that discovery was commenced promptly and pursued with due diligence in a good faith effort to comply with the deadline established by this order. Counsel will provide their clients with a copy of this order. It is so ordered. Dated at Hartford, Connecticut this day of October 2004.

___________/s/RNC_________________ Robert N. Chatigny, U.S.D.J.

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