Filed: Sep. 21, 2016
Latest Update: Sep. 21, 2016
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER TO ALLOW FOR PHASED DISCOVERY JOHN A. MENDEZ , District Judge . COMES NOW THE PARTIES by and through their respective counsel and subject to the approval of this Court, hereby stipulate and respectfully request that this Court's Pretrial Scheduling Order dated July 12, 2016 [ECF No. 68], be modified to reflect new deadlines as follows, or as to accommodate the Court's docket, in order for the parties to conduct phased discovery m
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER TO ALLOW FOR PHASED DISCOVERY JOHN A. MENDEZ , District Judge . COMES NOW THE PARTIES by and through their respective counsel and subject to the approval of this Court, hereby stipulate and respectfully request that this Court's Pretrial Scheduling Order dated July 12, 2016 [ECF No. 68], be modified to reflect new deadlines as follows, or as to accommodate the Court's docket, in order for the parties to conduct phased discovery mo..
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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO MODIFY THE PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER TO ALLOW FOR PHASED DISCOVERY
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
COMES NOW THE PARTIES by and through their respective counsel and subject to the approval of this Court, hereby stipulate and respectfully request that this Court's Pretrial Scheduling Order dated July 12, 2016 [ECF No. 68], be modified to reflect new deadlines as follows, or as to accommodate the Court's docket, in order for the parties to conduct phased discovery moving forward:
Current Schedule
Expert Disclosure: Oct. 17, 2016
Supplemental Expert Disclosure: Oct. 31, 2016
Close of All Discovery: Nov. 21, 2016
Filing of Dispositive Motions: Dec. 21, 2016
Hearing of Dispositive Motions: Jan. 24, 2017, at 1:30p
Joint Pretrial Statement: June 2, 2017
Final Pretrial Conference: June 9, 2017 at 11:00a
Trial: July 17, 2017
Proposed New Schedule
Close of Phase 1 Discovery: Nov. 21, 2016
Filing of Dispositive Motions, Phase 1: Dec. 21, 2016
Hearing of Dispositive Motions, Phase 1: Jan. 24, 2017, at 1:30p
Expert Disclosure: June 8, 2017
Supplemental Expert Disclosure: June 29. 2017
Close of Phase 2 Discovery: July 24, 2017
Filing of Dispositive Motion, Phase 2: August 22, 2017
Hearing of Dispositive Motions, Phase 2: September 19, 2017, at 1:30p
Joint Pretrial Statement: December 1, 2017
Final Pretrial Conference: December 8, 2017, at 11:00a
Trial: January 8, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
WHEREAS, counsel for all parties have met and discussed the posture of this case, and agree that it would be in the interests of justice and judicial economy and that good causes exists for the modification of the scheduling order;
WHEREAS, the parties participated in a judicially supervised settlement conference with Magistrate Judge Carolyn Delaney on September 9, 2016, but were unable to reach a settlement;
WHEREAS, during the settlement conference on September 9, the parties discussed with Judge Delaney, and she approved, the possibility of conducting phased discovery moving forward in order for the parties to conduct limited fact discovery prior to Defendants filing their motion for summary judgment, and postponing expert discovery and any other fact discovery depending on the outcome of Defendants' motion;
WHEREAS, allowing the parties to extend the deadlines as requested will save the parties time and expenses in an effort to resolve the purely legal questions incumbent in this case;
WHEREAS, this request is not being made for the purpose of delay, or any other improper purpose;
WHEREAS, continuing the trial date and pretrial deadlines will not prejudice any party or their counsel; and
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and agreed by and between the parties that this Court modifies the pretrial deadlines and trial date as set forth above.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
