Filed: May 11, 2018
Latest Update: May 11, 2018
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING FIRST RESPONSIVE PLEADING OF DEFENDANT TJ FISHER; ORDER THEREON ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . WHEREAS Defendant EXETER DISTRICT AMBULANCE ("EDA") has appeared in the action; WHEREAS Defendant TJ FISCHER ("Fischer") has been served but not yet appeared in the action; WHEREAS EDA and Plaintiff JENNIFER RIOS ("Plaintiff"; EDA and Plaintiff collectively "Parties") have agreed to mediate the case before the honorable Judge Patrick O'Hara on August 20, 2018; an
Summary: STIPULATION REGARDING FIRST RESPONSIVE PLEADING OF DEFENDANT TJ FISHER; ORDER THEREON ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . WHEREAS Defendant EXETER DISTRICT AMBULANCE ("EDA") has appeared in the action; WHEREAS Defendant TJ FISCHER ("Fischer") has been served but not yet appeared in the action; WHEREAS EDA and Plaintiff JENNIFER RIOS ("Plaintiff"; EDA and Plaintiff collectively "Parties") have agreed to mediate the case before the honorable Judge Patrick O'Hara on August 20, 2018; and..
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STIPULATION REGARDING FIRST RESPONSIVE PLEADING OF DEFENDANT TJ FISHER; ORDER THEREON
ERICA P. GROSJEAN, Magistrate Judge.
WHEREAS Defendant EXETER DISTRICT AMBULANCE ("EDA") has appeared in the action;
WHEREAS Defendant TJ FISCHER ("Fischer") has been served but not yet appeared in the action;
WHEREAS EDA and Plaintiff JENNIFER RIOS ("Plaintiff"; EDA and Plaintiff collectively "Parties") have agreed to mediate the case before the honorable Judge Patrick O'Hara on August 20, 2018; and
WHEREAS the Parties wish to focus case efforts upon mediation and make a good faith effort to see if case resolution can be achieved;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED between the Parties that:
1. No default shall be sought against Fischer and Fischer shall file and serve his first responsive pleading twenty (20) days after completion of mediation.
2. Formal discovery shall be frozen until completion of mediation. The Parties request that the Court set these new discovery related dates:
— Nonexpert Discovery Cutoff: February 16, 2019
— Expert Disclosure: March 20, 2019
— Rebuttal Expert Disclosure: April 30, 2019
— Expert Discovery Cutoff: May 31, 2019
3. The Parties further request that the Mid-Discovery Conference on July 11, 2018 be continued to November 19, 2018 in light of the agreed to mediation and discovery freeze.
SO STIPULATED.
ORDER
Having read and considered the above Stipulation of the Parties, and finding good cause thereon, the Court orders as follows:
1. No default shall be sought against Fischer, and Fischer shall file and serve his first responsive pleading twenty (20) days after completion of mediation.
2. Formal discovery shall be stayed until completion of mediation. In light of the mediation between the Parties, discovery dates are continued as follows:
— Nonexpert Discovery Cutoff: February 19, 2019
— Expert Disclosure: March 20, 2019
— Rebuttal Expert Disclosure: April 30, 2019
— Expert Discovery Cutoff: May 31, 2019
3. The Mid-Discovery Conference is continued from July 11, 2018 to November 19, 2018, at 9:30 AM. Telephonic appearances are granted with the parties to use the following dial-in information: 1-888-251-2909; passcode 1024453. The parties are also reminded to file a joint status report one full week prior to the conference and email a copy of same, in Word format, to epgorders@caed.uscourts.gov, for the Judge's review.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
