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Gutierrez-Ponce v. FTS International Services, LLC, 18-cv-0786 WJ/SMV. (2019)

Court: District Court, D. New Mexico Number: infdco20190117i88 Visitors: 1
Filed: Jan. 16, 2019
Latest Update: Jan. 16, 2019
Summary: SCHEDULING ORDER STEPHAN M. VIDMAR , Magistrate Judge . THIS MATTER is before the Court on a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference held on January 16, 2019. The parties' Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan [Doc. 28] is adopted, except as modified below. The Court will permit discovery as follows: 1. 25 Interrogatories by each party to any other party; 2. 25 Requests for Production by each party to any other party; 3. No limit on the number of Requests for Admission ser
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SCHEDULING ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference held on January 16, 2019. The parties' Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan [Doc. 28] is adopted, except as modified below. The Court will permit discovery as follows:

1. 25 Interrogatories by each party to any other party; 2. 25 Requests for Production by each party to any other party; 3. No limit on the number of Requests for Admission served by each party at this time;1 4. 5 depositions per side; 5. Depositions limited to 4 hours on the record unless extended by agreement of the parties, except depositions of parties and experts, which are limited to 7 hours on the record unless extended by agreement of the parties.

In accordance with the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan adopted in compliance with the Civil Justice Reform Act, and pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 473(a)(1), this case is assigned to a "standard" (150-day) track classification. The Court sets the following case management deadlines:

Plaintiff2 moves to amend the pleadings or join February 27, 2019 additional parties by3: Defendant moves to amend the pleadings or join March 13, 2019 additional parties by3: Plaintiff discloses experts and provides expert April 16, 2019 reports or summary disclosures by4: Defendant discloses experts and provides expert May 16, 2019 reports or summary disclosures by4: Termination of discovery: June 17, 2019 Motions relating to discovery filed by5: July 8, 2019 Pretrial motions other than discovery motions filed July 18, 2019 by: Proposed Pretrial Order due from Plaintiff to September 3, 2019 Defendant by: Proposed Pretrial Order due from Defendant to September 16, 2019 Court by6:

Discovery shall not be reopened, nor shall case management deadlines be modified, except by an order of the Court upon a showing of good cause. Discovery must be completed on or before the discovery deadline. Accordingly, service of written discovery is timely only if the responses are due prior to the discovery deadline. A notice to take deposition is timely only if the deposition takes place prior to the discovery deadline. The pendency of dispositive motions does not stay discovery.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

FootNotes


1. Requests for Admission are subject to the deadline for termination of discovery.
2. Herein, the terms "Plaintiff" and "Defendant" encompass both singular and plural meanings.
3. Amendment must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).
3. Amendment must comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).
4. The parties must disclose every expert witness who is expected to testify, even if the expert is not required to submit an expert report. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)-(C); D.N.M.LR-Civ. 26.3(b).
4. The parties must disclose every expert witness who is expected to testify, even if the expert is not required to submit an expert report. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)-(C); D.N.M.LR-Civ. 26.3(b).
5. See D.N.M.LR-Civ. 7 for motion practice requirements and timing of responses and replies. The discovery motions deadline does not extend the 21-day time limit in D.N.M.LR-Civ. 26.6 (Party served with objection to discovery request must file motion to compel within 21 days of service of objection. Failure to file motion within 21 days constitutes acceptance of the objection.).
6. The Proposed Pretrial Order must provide that no witnesses, except rebuttal witnesses whose testimony cannot be anticipated, will be permitted to testify unless the name of the witness is furnished to the Court and opposing counsel no later than 30 days prior to the time set for trial. Any exceptions thereto must be upon order of the Court for good cause shown.
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