Free Motion for Miscellaneous Relief - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Susan Martin, Atty. No. 014226 Daniel L. Bonnett, Atty. No. 014127 Jennifer Kroll, Atty. No. 019859 Martin & Bonnett, P.L.L.C. 3300 North Central Avenue, Suite 1720 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2517 Telephone: (602) 240-6900 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Michael L. Banks, Pro Hac Vice MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 963-5000 [email protected] Howard Shapiro, Pro Hac Vice Robert W. Rachal, Pro Hac Vice PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1800 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 310-4088 [email protected]

David B. Rosenbaum, Atty. No. 009819 Dawn L. Dauphine, Atty. No. 010833 OSBORN MALEDON, P.A. 2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 2100 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794 Telephone: (602) 640-9000 [email protected] [email protected] Amy Covert, Pro Hac Vice PROSKAUER ROSE LLP One Newark Center, 18th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 Telephone: (973) 274-3258 [email protected] Christopher Landau, P.C., Pro Hac Vice Craig S. Primis, P.C., Pro Hac Vice Michael F. Williams, Pro Hac Vice KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005-5793 Telephone: (202) 879-5000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Barbara Allen, Richard Dippold, Melvin Jones, Donald McCarty, Richard Scates and Walter G. West, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Honeywell Secured Benefit Plan, Plan Administrator of Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan, and Plan Administrator of Honeywell Secured Benefit Plan, Defendants. No. CV04-0424 PHX ROS Joint Motion for Amendment of Scheduling Order

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Plaintiffs Barbara Allen, et al. and Defendants Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan, et al. respectfully request that this Court amend its Sixth Revised Rule 16 Scheduling Order entered on June 10, 2008 and adopt the parties' proposed Seventh Revised Rule 16 Scheduling Order lodged with the Court. A redline showing the proposed changes is attached as Exhibit A. In support of their request, the parties state as follows: 1. On June 10, 2008, this Court entered the Sixth Revised Rule 16

Scheduling Order, which, inter alia, established deadlines for the disclosure of each party's respective expert witnesses. (Sixth Rev. R. 16 Sched. Order ("Scheduling Order") ¶ E.) The Order further provides that "no deposition of any expert witness shall occur before the disclosure concerning that expert witness, mandated by this Order, has been made." (Id.) Under the Scheduling Order, the mandated disclosures for each expert include "all of the disclosures required by FRCP 26(a)(2)(B)." (Id.) 2. On August 12, 2008, this Court granted Defendants' Motion for

Reconsideration, vacating its prior partial summary judgment ruling on Plaintiffs' anti-cutback claims. (Doc. # 323, p.8.) In light of this Court's August 12, 2008 Order, (Doc. #323), Plaintiffs have determined that taking additional fact discovery prior to final expert disclosures is necessary. The fact discovery Plaintiffs deem necessary to the completion of their expert disclosures includes discovery that has been held in abeyance pending this Court's ruling on Plaintiffs' motions to compel (Doc. #468). 3. Plaintiffs have therefore requested and Defendants have agreed that the

current Scheduling Order be amended to allow the parties to submit final expert disclosures following the conclusion of fact discovery. Consistent with the prior Scheduling Order, Defendants may defer serving their expert disclosures until Plaintiffs have served their final expert disclosures.

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The parties' instant request to amend the expert disclosure schedule

does not alter the non-expert fact discovery cutoff embodied in the current Scheduling Order. (Scheduling Order ¶ F.) WHEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the Court amend the Sixth Revised Scheduling Order to provide that: (i) Plaintiffs shall submit expert disclosures within thirty (30) days of the close of fact discovery; (ii) Defendants may depose Plaintiffs' expert within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of Plaintiffs' final expert disclosures, including underlying electronic calculation files; (iii) Defendants shall submit expert disclosures within thirty (30) days of Plaintiffs' submission of final expert disclosures; (iv) Plaintiffs may l depose Defendants' experts within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of Defendants' submission of final expert disclosures, including underlying electronic calculation files; (v) Plaintiffs shall submit rebuttal expert disclosures within thirty (30) days of Defendants' final expert disclosures; (vi) Defendants may l depose Plaintiffs' rebuttal experts within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of Plaintiffs' final rebuttal expert disclosures, including underlying electronic calculation files, if any; and (vii) dispositive motions will be due within 60 days after the close of expert discovery. Respectfully submitted this 11th day of September, 2008. MARTIN AND BONNETT OSBORN MALEDON, P.A.

By: s/ Susan Martin Susan Martin Daniel L. Bonnett Jennifer Kroll 3300 N. Central Ave., Suite 1720 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

By: s/David B. Rosenbaum David B. Rosenbaum Dawn L. Dauphine Osborn Maledon, P.A. 2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 2100 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794 Michael L. Banks MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

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Howard Shapiro PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 909 Poydras Street, Suite 1100 New Orleans, LA 70112-4017 Amy Covert PROSKAUER ROSE LLP One Newark Center, 18th Floor Newark, NJ 07102-5211 Craig S. Primis, P.C. Michael F. Williams KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005-5793 Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do certify that on September 11th, 2008, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to all CM/ECF registrants.

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