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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MICHELE HARRIS Plaintiff, v. WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 07-453-SLR ) ) Jury Trial Demanded ) ) ) ORDER This _________ day of ___________, 2007, the parties having satisfied their obligations under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) and the court having conducted a pretrial scheduling conference pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and D. Del. LR 16.2(a & b), IT IS ORDERED that: 1. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange by October

1, 2007, the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) and D. Del. LR 16.2. 2. Discovery. (a) Discovery will be needed on the following subjects:

Whether Plaintiff has filed a charge of discrimination and received a notice of right to sue. Whether Defendant is liable to Plaintiff as alleged. Whether Plaintiff has sustained any damages.

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(b) by March 7, 2008. (c) party. (d) any other party. (e) defendant. (f)

All discovery shall be commenced in time to be completed

Maximum of 25 interrogatories by each party to any other

Maximum of 25 requests for admission by each party to

Maximum of 10 depositions by plaintiff and 10 by

Each deposition limited to a maximum of 8 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 May 1, 2008. Rebuttal expert reports due by May 15, 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.

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3.

Joinder of other Parties, Amendment of Pleadings, and Class

Certification. All motions to join other parties, amend the pleadings, and certify a class action shall be filed on or before September 18, 2007. 4. Settlement Conference. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, this matter

is referred to Magistrate Judge Thynge for the purposes of exploring ADR. 5. Summary Judgment Motions. All summary judgment motions

shall be served and filed with an opening brief on or before June 25, 2008. Briefing shall be pursuant to D. Del. LR 7.1.2. No summary judgment motion may be filed more than ten (10) days from the above date without leave of the court. 6. Applications by Motion. Any application to the court shall be by

written motion filed with the clerk. Unless otherwise requested by the court, counsel shall not deliver copies of papers or correspondence to chambers. Any non-dispositive motion shall contain the statement required by D.Del. LR 7.1.1. 7. before Motions in Limine. All motions in limine shall be filed on or .

. All responses to said motions shall be filed on or before 8.

Pretrial Conference. A pretrial conference will be held on

a.m. in Courtroom No. 6B, Sixth Floor Federal Building, 844 King Street, Wilmington, Delaware. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and D. Del. LR 16.4 shall govern the pretrial conference. 9. on Trial. This matter is scheduled for a 4 day jury trial commencing

, 2008 in Courtroom No. 6B, Sixth Floor Federal Building, 844 King

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Street, Wilmington, Delaware. For purposes of completing pretrial preparations, the parties should plan on being allocated a total number of hours in which to present their respective cases.

____________________________________ United States District Judge

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