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MERRITT v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, 8:16CV196. (2016)

Court: District Court, D. Nebraska Number: infdco20161230c89 Visitors: 9
Filed: Dec. 29, 2016
Latest Update: Dec. 29, 2016
Summary: ORDER CHERYL R. ZWART , Magistrate Judge . As requested in the parties' motion, (Filing No. 16), which is hereby granted, IT IS ORDERED that the final progression order is as follows: 1) The jury trial of this case is set to commence before John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge, in the Special Proceedings Courtroom, Roman L. Hruska Federal Courthouse, 111 South 18th Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, at 9:00 a.m. on October 2, 2017, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called, for a durat
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ORDER

As requested in the parties' motion, (Filing No. 16), which is hereby granted, IT IS ORDERED that the final progression order is as follows:

1) The jury trial of this case is set to commence before John M. Gerrard, United States District Judge, in the Special Proceedings Courtroom, Roman L. Hruska Federal Courthouse, 111 South 18th Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, at 9:00 a.m. on October 2, 2017, or as soon thereafter as the case may be called, for a duration of five (5) trial days. This case is subject to the prior trial of criminal cases and such other civil cases as may be scheduled for trial before this one. Jury selection will be held at the commencement of trial.

2) The Pretrial Conference is scheduled to be held before the undersigned magistrate judge on September 19, 2017 at 11:00 a.m., and will be conducted by internet/telephonic conferencing. Counsel shall use the conferencing instructions assigned to this case to participate in the conference. The parties' proposed Pretrial Conference Order and Exhibit List(s) must be emailed to zwart@ned.uscourts.gov, in either Word Perfect or Word format, by 5:00 p.m. on September 18, 2017.

3) The deadline for completing written discovery under Rules 33 through 36 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is March 30, 2017. Motions to compel Rule 33 through 36 discovery must be filed by April 13, 2017 Note: Motions to compel shall not be filed without first contacting the chambers of the undersigned magistrate judge to set a conference for discussing the parties' dispute.

4) The deadlines for identifying and disclosing expert witnesses expected to testify at the trial, (both retained experts, (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)), and non-retained experts, (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(C)), are:

For the plaintiff(s): May 1, 2017. For the defendant(s): July 5, 2017.

5) The deposition deadline is September 2, 2017.

6) The deadline for filing motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment is June 5, 2017.1

7) The deadline for filing motions to exclude testimony on Daubert and related grounds is August 1, 2017.

FootNotes


1. To facilitate the court's review, the parties are strongly encouraged to include hyperlinks to the evidence, CM/ECF record, and all legal authorities cited within their briefs filed in support of, or in opposition to, any motions filed. See NECivR 7.1. For instructions, see "Hyperlinking Information" at http://www.ned.uscourts.gov/attorney/electronic-case-filing.
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