ORDER ADOPTING PARTIES' JOINT RULE 26(F) REPORT AND DISCOVERY PLAN

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.

This Court, having considered the JOINT RULE 26(F) REPORT AND PROPOSED DISCOVERY PLAN ("Joint Report") jointly submitted by the parties, and good cause appearing, hereby ORDERS as follows:

The parties shall exchange initial disclosures pursuant to Rule 26(a) on or before February 5, 2019, unless they jointly stipulate to further extensions.

The parties shall be subject to the ordinary limitations governing the number of depositions (FRCP 30(a)(2)(A)(1)) and the number of interrogatories (FRCP 33(a)(1)) afforded to each side. The parties shall meet and confer regarding the exchange and production of electronically stored information in suitable and acceptable form, as set forth in the parties Joint Report.

In light of the lack of settlement of the pleadings, pending defendants' motion to dismiss (Doc. #14), and pursuant to the parties' stipulation, the cutoff date for all discovery, with the exception of expert witness discovery, shall be completed within ten (10) months after the defendants' filing of an answer to the operative complaint, should the Court allow the claims to proceed after ruling on defendants' motion to dismiss (Doc. #14).

Thereafter, the timing of expert witness discovery would be governed pursuant to the same time table set forth in this Court's initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (Doc. #2), i.e., expert disclosure and reports would be due 60 days after the close of discovery, and supplemental expert witness discovery due 30 days after that date.

Except as otherwise modified herein, all conditions of the Court's original Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (Doc. #2), pertaining to discovery shall apply. The parties shall file a Joint Notice of Trial Readiness not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the Court's ruling(s) on the last filed dispositive motions, if any, or within thirty (30) days after the close of supplemental expert witnesses.

IT IS SO ORDERED.