AMES v. CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS et al - Document 7

AMES v. CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS et al Doc. 7 Case 2:06-cv-03441-WJM-MF Document 7 Filed 11/30/2006 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY DAVID V. AMES, Plaintiff, v. CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, et al., Defendants. : : : : : : Civil Action No. 06-3441(WJM) PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER * This matter having come before the Court for a scheduling conference pursuant to Civil Rule 16; good cause appearing; IT IS on this ORDERED THAT: I. DISCOVERY 1. Civil Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures shall be made not later than DECEMBER 5, 2006 . 2. Interrogatories and document requests shall issue not later than DECEMBER 19, 2006 . 3. Absent leave of Court, no party shall serve more than one set of Interrogatories on any other party. 4. Absent leave of Court, no party shall serve more than one document request (with no limit on the categories of documents requested) on any other party. This restriction shall not, however, bar the service of Rule 30(b)(6) notices by any party. 5. Fact discovery shall remain open through JUNE 29, 2007. No discovery is to be issued or engaged in beyond that date. * This civil action is administratively terminated only as to defendant Hanson, who is in bankruptcy. He shall, however, be subject to opposition. day of NOVEMBER, 2006, Dockets.Justia.com  Case 2:06-cv-03441-WJM-MF Document 7 Filed 11/30/2006 Page 2 of 3 6. No objections to questions posed at depositions shall be made except as permitted by Civil Rules 30(d)(1) and 32(d)(3)(A). No instruction not to answer shall be given except as permitted by Civil Rule 30(d)(1). 7. Any discovery dispute shall be brought to the Court's attention in the first instance by letter or by telephone conference call immediately after the parties' good faith attempt to resolve the dispute has failed. Local Civil Rule 16.1(f)(11). II. MOTION PRACTICE 8. Any motion to amend pleadings or add new parties shall comply with Local Civil Rule 7.1 and shall be returnable not later than NONE. 9. (a) Any dispositive motion shall comply with Local Civil Rule 7.1. Motion papers shall be filed and served by . Opposition papers due . Reply papers due TO BE SET . (b) The parties are directed to Local Civil Rule 7.2, which sets limits to the length of briefs and describes the format thereof. III. EXPERTS 10. Not later than TO BE SET, the report of any proposed affirmative expert witness shall be served, together with all other disclosures required by Civil Rule 26(a)(2)(B). 11. Not later than TO BE SET, the report of any proposed rebuttal expert witness shall be served, together with all other disclosures required by Civil Rule 26(a)(2)(B). 12. Each expert report shall conform with Civil Rule 26(a)(2)(B). 13. No expert shall testify at trial as to any opinions or base those opinions on facts not substantially disclosed in the expert's report.  Case 2:06-cv-03441-WJM-MF Document 7 Filed 11/30/2006 Page 3 of 3 IV. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 14. A final pretrial conference shall be conducted pursuant to Civil Rule 16(d) at A.M./P.M. on TO BE SET . 15. All counsel are directed to assemble at the office of counsel for plaintiff(s) not later than ten (10) days before the pretrial conference to prepare the Pretrial Order in the form and content required by the Court. Counsel for plaintiff(s) shall prepare the Pretrial Order and shall submit it to all other counsel for approval. 16. The original of the Pretrial Order shall be delivered to Chambers not later than twenty-four (24) hours before the pretrial conference. All counsel are responsible for the timely submission of the Pretrial Order. V. MISCELLANEOUS 17. The Court may from time to time schedule conferences as may be required, either sua sponte or at the request of a party. 18. Since all dates set forth herein are established with the assistance and knowledge of counsel there shall be no extensions except for good cause shown and by leave of Court. 19. Failure to appear at subsequent conferences or to comply with the terms of this or any other Order may result in the imposition of sanctions. Civil Rule 16(f). 20. A copy of every pleading, document or written communication with the Court shall be served on all other parties to the action. Any such communication which does not recite or contain a certification of such service may be disregarded by the Court. 21. There shall be a status conference on TO BE SET by JUDGE FALK. s/Ronald J. Hedges RONALD J. HEDGES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE