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Order Setting Schedule For Progression Of Case (Lincoln) - Nebraska
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA ) )4 : Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER vs. ) SETTING SCHEDULE FOR ) PROGRESSION OF CASE ) ) Defendant. ) IT IS ORDERED: 1) Trial is set for the * 2000 jury/non-jurysession , for aduration of * trial days, in Courtroom 1, United States Courthouse, Lincoln, Nebraska. 2) The Final Pretrial Conference with the undersigned magistrate judge is set for *, 2000, at *.m. in chambers, 566 Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Lincoln, Nebraska. The final pretrial conference shall be attended by lead counsel for represented parties. Counsel shall complete prior to the pretrial conference, all items as directed in NELR 16.2. By the time of the pretrial conference, full preparation for trial shall have been made so that trial may begin at any time during the session indicated above. The trial date will be determined at the conference, if not theretofore determined by the parties responses to paragraph 17, below. 3) The pretrial conference will include a discussion of settlement , and counsel shall be prepared through investigation, discovery and communication with clients and insurers, if any, to discuss fully the subject of settlement, including realistic expectations about liability, obstacles to agreement, offers made, offers which can be made at the conference, and recommendationsfor further negotiations and conferences. 4) Mandatory Disclosures. The mandatory disclosures described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) shall be completed by all parties on or before * 5) Limits on Discovery. Each party is limited to serving * interrogatorieson any other party. The plaintiffs as a group, the defendants as a group, and the third party defendants as a group are each limited to taking * depositions in this case, without leave of court. 6) Deposition Deadline. All depositions, whether or not they are intended to be used at trial, shall be completed by <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2* All interrogatories,requests for admission and requests for production or inspection, whether or not they are intended to be used at trial, shall be served sufficiently early to allow rule time response before that date. Counsel may stipulate to extensions of time to respond to discovery requests in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 29, as amended, but such extensions shall not extend any of the dates in this order; any requests for extensions of any of the deadlines herein shall be made by appropriate motion and order. 7) Any motions to compel discovery shall be filed not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date set forth above for completion of depositions as to matters which are then ripe for decision; discovery matters arising after that date may be the subject of motions to compel discovery until the date set for completion of depositions. Counsel are reminded of the provisions of NELR 7.1(i). 8) The filing of disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1), (2), and (3), as well as the filing of discovery documents, depositions, and disclosures required by this order shall be governed by NELR 26.1. 9) Withholding Documents from Disclosure or Discovery. Ifany document is withheld from production or disclosure on the grounds of privilege or work product, the producing party shall disclose the following information about each such document withheld: a description of the document withheld with as much specificity as is practicable without disclosing its contents, including (a) the general nature of the document; (b) the identity and position of its author; (c) the date it was written; (d) the identity and position of its addressee; (e) the identities and positions of all persons who were given or have received copies of it and the dates copies were given to them; (f) the documents present location and the identity and position of its custodian; (g) the specific reason or reasons why it has been withheld from production or disclosure. 1 10) Disclosure of Expert Witnesses. Each plaintiff, counter-claimant,and cross-claimantshall, as soon as practicable but not later than sixty (60) days prior to the date set for the completion of depositions, serve all opposing parties with the statement required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) regarding each expert witness it expects to call to testify at trial pursuant to the provisions of Rule 702, 703 or 705, Fed. Rules of Evidence. Each defendant, counter-defendant,and cross-defendant 1 Generally, a treating physician shall not be deemed to be "retained or specially employed to provide expert testimony in a case" pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B), but a treating physician must be identified pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(A). <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3shall serve its statement of the expert witnesses it expects to call to testify pursuant to Rule 702, 703 or 705, Fed. Rules of Evidence, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) as soon thereafter as practicable, but not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date set for the completion of depositions. If necessary to refute the disclosed opinions of an expert witness of an opponent, a party may disclose additional expert witnesses not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the date set for completion of depositions, provided that the disclosing party then provides all of the information described in Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 26(a)(2) and makes the expert witness available for deposition prior to the date set for completion of deposition. Supplementationof these disclosures, if originally made prior to these deadlines, shall be made on these deadlines as to any information for which supplementationis addressed in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e). The testimony of the expert at trial shall be limited to the information disclosed in accordance with this paragraph. 11) Pretrial Disclosures : Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3), each party shall provide to all other parties the following information regarding the evidence that it may present at trial other than solely for impeachment purposes as soon as practicable but not later than the date specified : a. NonexpertWitnesses - (thirty (30) days prior to the date set as the deposition deadline): The name, address and telephone number of each witness, separately identifying those whom the party expects to present and those whom the party may call if the need arises. b. Deposition Testimony and Discovery - (five (5) working days before the final pretrial conference): 1) The portions of each deposition, designated by page and line, that
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