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February 5, 2008
BY ELECTRONIC FILING
The Honorable Sue L. Robinson
United States District Court
for the District of Delaware
844 North King Street
Wilmington, DE t980i
Re: John L. Schneider v Household Fincznce Corp. H, el ol.,
CAA. No, 07—694—SLR
Dear fudge Robinson:
Please hud attached a form oforder agreed upon by the parties which the Court may wish
to consider during tornorrow’s scheduling teiecoitference.
Respectftnlly
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
JOHN L. SCHNEIDER, )
Plaintiff, i CA. No. 07~694-SLR
v. i JURY TRIAL DEMANDEI)
I·iOUSEI·iOLD FINANCE CORP. II and i
HSBC GROUP CORP. )
ORDER
At Wilmington this day of February 2008, the parties having satisfied their
obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(i), and the court having conducted a pretrial schedtiiing
conference pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and D. Del. LR i6.2(a) and (b).
iT iS ORDERED that:
I. Yrc-Discovery Disclosures. The parties wiii exchange by February 19, 2008 the
information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) and D. Dei. LR 16.2.
2. Discovery.
(a) Discovery will be needed on the foliowing subjects:
(I) The practices and procedures of defendants in reporting
information to credit agencies.
(2) The manner in which defendants reported information relating to
plaintiff to credit reporting agencies.
(3) What agreement, if any, was reached by plaintiff and defendant to
remove certain adverse infonnation horn pIaintiff’s credit history.
(4) Any actual losses suffered by plaintiffl
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(b) All discovery shall be commenced in time to be completed by July l,
2008.
(e) Maximum of 25 interrogatories by each party to any other party.
(ci) Maximum of 2.5 requests for admission by each party to any other party.
(e) Maximum of 4 depositions by plaintiff and 4 by defendant.
(f) Each deposition limited to a maximum of 6 hours unless extended by
agreement of parties.
(g) Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a)(2) on issues for which any
party has the burden of proof due by August 5, 2008. Rebuttal expert reports due by September
9, .2008.
(h) Discovery Disputes. Any discovery dispute shall be submitted to the court
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. .37. During the course of discovery, each party is limited to two (2)
Rule 37 motions. The court shall make itself available, however, to resolve through a telephone
conference, disputes that arise during the course of a deposition and disputes related to entry of a
protective order.
3. Joinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleadings, and Class
Certiiication. All motions to join other parties, amend the pleadings, and certify a class action
shall be tiled on or before March 5, 2008.
4. Settlement Conference. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, this matter is referred to a
Magistrate Judge for the purposes of exploring ADR.
5. Summary Judgment Motions. All summary judgment motions shall be served
and tiled with an opening brief on or before August 5, 2008. Briefing shall be pursuant to D. Del
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LR 7.1.2. No summary jtrdgment motion niay be tiled more than ten (10) days hom the above
date without leave ofthe court.
6. Appiications by Motion. Any application to the court shall be by written motion
tiled with the clerk. Unless otherwise requested by the court, counsel shall not deliver copies of
papers or corresporiclence to chambers. Any now-dispositive motion shall contain the
statement required by D. Del. LR 7.I.1.
7. Motions in Limine. All motions in shall be tiled on or before
, All responses to said motions shall be tiled on or before
8. Pretriai Conference. A pretrial conference will be held on at
___m. in courtroom 6B, sixth iloor Federal Buiiding, 844 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and D, Del. LR i6.4 shall govern the pretrial con;l’erence.
9. Trial. This matter is scheduled For a 2~day jury trial commencing on
in courtroom 6B, sixth fioor Federal Building, 844 King Street, Wilmington,
Delaware lior purposes of completing pretrial preparations, the parties should plan on being
aliocated a total number of hours in which to present their respective cases.
United States District Judge
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