Free Order on Motion for Discovery - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:05-cv-00381-CFL

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Filed 06/18/2007

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS No. 05-381L (Filed: June 18, 2007) ____________________________________ ) ARKANSAS GAME & FISH ) COMMISSION, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) ORDER Pending before the court is Defendant's Motion for Modification of Fact Discovery Schedule, filed May 25, 2007. The government requests an enlargement to allow their experts to take tree increment cores at the Wildlife Management Area once the high water levels on the site have receded, or at least until July 31, 2007. Plaintiff responded to the government's motion on June 8, 2007, objecting to the requested modification of the fact discovery schedule. For good cause shown, the government's motion for modification of the discovery schedule is GRANTED. The schedule set forth in the Opinion of November 16, 2006 is hereby modified such that factual discovery in this case shall now be completed by July 31, 2007. The court also acknowledges the filing of a Joint Status Report on June 12, 2007, as was requested in the decision entered on November 16, 2006. The report contains the parties' respective proposals for a schedule of future proceedings. The parties disagree on the deadlines for expert discovery. Giving consideration to the competing proposals, the court adopts the following schedule:

Event Government's experts shall remove piezometers from Dave Donaldson-Black River Wildlife Management Area Plaintiff shall disclose its expert witnesses' reports

Deadline September 30, 2007

November 9, 2007

Case 1:05-cv-00381-CFL

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Government shall disclose its expert witnesses' reports Plaintiff shall disclose its expert witnesses' rebuttal reports Expert discovery shall end Submission of joint status report It is so ORDERED.

December 21, 2007 February 1, 2008 February 29, 2008 March 14, 2008

s/ Charles F. Lettow Charles F. Lettow Judge