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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS Nos. 06-245T, 06-246T, and 06-247T (Consolidated) MURFAM FARMS, LLC, § By and Through Wendell H. Murphy Jr., § a Partner Other Than Tax Matters Partner, § § PSM FARMS, LLC, § By and Through Stratton K. Murphy, § a Partner Other Than Tax Matters Partner, § § MURPHY PORK PARTNERS, LLC, § By and Through Wendell H. Murphy, Jr., § a Partner Other Than Tax Matters Partner, § § Plaintiffs, § § v. § § UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, § § Defendant. § JOINT MOTION TO FURTHER REVISE SCHEDULING ORDER Plaintiffs MURFAM Farms, LLC, PSM Farms, LLC, and Murphy Pork Partners, LLC ("Plaintiffs") and Defendant the United States of America ("Defendant") (collectively the "Parties") jointly move this Court to further revise the discovery deadlines set forth in the Scheduling Order (as revised). In support of this Motion, the Parties show the Court as follows: 1. deadlines: Discovery Ends Final Exhibit and Witness Lists Motion to Exclude/Limit Expert Testimony Dispositive Motions Deadline October 1, 2007 October 1, 2007 December 3, 2007 December 3, 2007 The Scheduling Order, as revised, currently provides for the following discovery
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2.
The Parties agree that a short extension of these deadlines is necessary and
desirable to allow the Parties sufficient time to conduct and evaluate factual discovery. 3. The Parties also agree that the deadlines for final exhibit and witness lists are
impracticable and should be extended beyond the end-of-discovery deadline two weeks prior to the Pretrial Conference to provide the Parties additional time to evaluate information obtained through the discovery process. 4. In light of the foregoing, the Parties respectfully request that the Court further
revise the Scheduling Order to adopt the following discovery deadlines: Discovery Ends Final Exhibit and Witness Lists Motion to Exclude/Limit Expert Testimony Dispositive Motions 5. Deadline November 2, 2007 Two Weeks Prior to the Pretrial Conference January 4, 2008 January 4, 2008
The Parties have further agreed that notwithstanding the above discovery
deadlines, the deposition of Amy Plassio shall be taken on or before December 4, 2007. 6. Simultaneous to the filing of this Joint Motion, the parties of JZ Buckingham LLC
v. United States, Fed. Cl. No. 05-231T, are also filing a joint motion with this Court to adopt discovery deadlines identical to those proposed above. Further, the parties of In re: COBRA Tax Shelters Litigation, 1:05-ml-09727-JDT-WTL, are likewise moving the District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, to adopt identical discovery deadlines.
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Respectfully submitted, By: s/Joel N. Crouch Joel N. Crouch Texas State Bar No. 05144220 Anthony P. Daddino Texas State Bar No. 24036434 M. Todd Welty Texas State Bar No. 00788642 Michael E. McCue Texas State Bar No. 13494150
MEADOWS, COLLIER, REED, COUSINS & BLAU, L.L.P. 901 Main Street, Suite 3700 Dallas, Texas 75202 Telephone: (214) 744-3700 Facsimile: (214) 747-3732 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS
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By:
s/Dennis M. Donohue by s/Joel N. Crouch Dennis M. Donohue Chief Senior Litigation Counsel
United States Department of Justice Office of Civil Litigation Post Office Box 55 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 616-3366 Telephone ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dated: September 26, 2007
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 26, 2007, a copy of the foregoing Joint Motion to Further Revise Scheduling Order was served upon counsel listed below via electronic means. Dennis M. Donohue, Esq. United States Department of Justice Tax Division P.O. Box 26 Ben Franklin Station Washington DC 20044 (202) 616-3366
s/Joel N. Crouch Joel N. Crouch
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