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Case 2:04-cv-00424-ROS Document 143 Filed 03/02/2006 Page 1 of 3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan, et) ) al., ) ) Defendant. ) Barbara Allen, et al., No. CV 04-424-PHX ROS ORDER SETTING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE
Pursuant to the Rules of Practice of the District of Arizona governing differentiated case management, this action is designated a standard track case. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. (FRCP) 16 a Scheduling Conference is set for April 13, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. at the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S.
Courthouse, 401 West Washington, 6th floor, Phoenix, Arizona. This Court views the Scheduling Conference as critical to its case management responsibilities and the responsibilities of counsel/ parties pursuant to FRCP 1. All counsel to this action must advise the Court three days prior to this Conference if they plan to participate by telephone. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: (1) The counsel/parties are directed to Rule 16 of the FRCP for the guidelines to be followed at this Conference. (2) Counsel who will serve as principal trial counsel, or who have the authority to make stipulations at the Conference and have knowledge of all facets of this action must appear at the Conference. (3) Counsel/Parties who fail to appear or who are late, or counsel/parties who send insufficiently authorized and knowledgeable substitutes to the Conference shall be ordered to pay the attorneys fees and expenses of the counsel/parties who attend the Conference.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all counsel/parties shall conduct an initial Case Management Meeting at least twenty-one days before the Scheduling Conference in accordance with Rule 26(f) of the FRCP and shall discuss the matters set forth in the Court's Agenda for Case Management Meeting. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that it shall be the responsibility of the Plaintiff or Plaintiff's counsel to initiate the communication necessary with opposing counsel/parties to schedule the Case Management Meeting, and to prepare both the Proposed Case Management Plan and Proposed Scheduling Order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that at the Case Management Meeting the counsel/parties shall prepare a Proposed Case Management Plan and a Proposed Scheduling Order and shall file them with the Court, not less than ten days before the Scheduling Conference. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after the Scheduling Conference the Court will enter a Scheduling Order that shall control the course of this action. To the extent that the Court's Scheduling Order differs from the parties'/counsel's Proposed Case Management Plan and/or Proposed Scheduling Order, the Court's Order shall control the course of this action unless modified by Court order, pursuant to FRCP 16(b) and (c). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that counsel/parties shall obtain and use from this Court's website at www.azd.uscourts.gov. ( Refer to Judicial Officer Information under Operations and Filings.), only the Court's forms for the Agenda for the Case Management Meeting, the Proposed Case Management Plan, the Proposed Scheduling Order, the Joint Proposed Pretrial Order and other documents and orders that are adopted and/or issued by this Court throughout the course of this action.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that counsel/parties shall provide in writing to the Court, at or before the Scheduling Conference, an e-mail address to be used by the Court, as it deems necessary, for immediate contact and communication with counsel/parties, and for distribution to counsel/parties of Court decisions, papers and documents, including those occurring at hearings where minute entries are not prepared. DATED this 2nd day of March, 2006.
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