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Case Management Report (Judge Conway) - Florida
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA ORLANDO DIVISION Plaintiff v. FIELD(Case No.) Defendant CASE MANAGEMENT REPORT The parties have agreed on the following dates and discovery plan pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f) and Local Rule 3.05(c): DEADLINE OR EVENT Mandatory Initial Disclosures (pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) as amended effective December 1, 2000) [Court recommends 30 days after CMR meeting] Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement [each party who has not previously filed must file immediately] Motions to Add Parties or to Amend Pleadings [Court recommends 1 - 2 months after CMR meeting] Plaintiff: Defendant: [Court recommends 1 - 2 months before discovery deadline to allow expert depositions] Discovery Deadline [Court recommends 6 months before trial to allow time for dispositive motions to be filed and decided; all discovery must be commenced in time to be completed before this date] Dispositive Motions, Daubert, and Markman Motions [Court requires 5 months or more before trial term begins] Joint Final Pretrial Statement (Including a Single Set of Jointly-Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Form (with diskette), Voir Dire Questions, Witness Lists, Exhibit Lists Disclosure of Expert Reports AGREED DATE American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com DEADLINE OR EVENT with Objections on Approved Form) [Court recommends 6 weeks before Trial All Other Motions Including Motions In Limine, Trial Briefs Trial Term Begins [Local Rule 3.05 (c)(2)(E) sets goal of trial within 2 years of filing complaint in all Track Two cases; trial term must not be less than 5 months after dispositive motions deadline (unless filing of such motions is waived); district judge trial terms begin on the first business day of each month; trials before magistrate judges will be set on a date certain after consultation with the parties] Estimated Length of Trial [trial days] Jury / Non-Jury Mediation Deadline: Mediator: Address: Telephone: [Absent arbitration, mediation is mandatory; Court recommends either 2 - 3 months after CMR meeting, or just after discovery deadline] All Parties Consent to Proceed Before Magistrate Judge AGREED DATE Yes____ No____ Likely to Agree in Future _____ I. Meeting of Parties in Person Lead counsel must meet in person and not by telephone absent an order permitting otherwise. Counsel will meet in the Middle District of Florida, unless counsel agree on a different location. Pursuant to Local Rule 3.05(c)(2)(B) or (c)(3)(A),1 a meeting was held in person on ___________________ (date) at attended by: Name Counsel for (if applicable) (time) at (place) and was 1 A copy of the Local Rules may be viewed at http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com II. Pre-Discovery Initial Disclosures of Core Information Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1)(A) - (D) Disclosures Fed.R.Civ.P. 26, as amended effective December 1, 2000, provides that these disclosures are mandatory in Track Two and Track Three cases, except as stipulated by the parties or otherwise ordered by the Court (the amendment to Rule 26 supersedes Middle District of Florida Local Rule 3.05, to the extend that Rule 3.05 opts out of the mandatory discovery requirements): The parties ____ have exchanged ____ agree to exchange (check one) information described in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1)(A) - (D) on by (check one) (date). Below is a description of information disclosed or scheduled for disclosure, including electronically stored information as further discussed in Section III below. III. Electronic Discovery The parties have discussed issues relating to disclosure or discovery of electronically stored information ("ESI"), including Pre-Discovery Initial Disclosures of Core Information in Section II above, and agree that (check one): __no party anticipates the disclosure or discovery of ESI in this case; __one or more of the parties anticipate the disclosure or discovery of ESI in this case. If disclosure or discovery of ESI is sought by any party from another party, then the following issues shall be discussed:2 See Generally: Rules Advisory Committee Notes to the 2006 Amendments to Rule 26(f) and Rule 16. 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com A. The form or forms in which ESI should be produced. B. Nature and extent of the contemplated ESI disclosure and discovery, including specification of the topics for such discovery and the time period for which discovery will be sought. C. Whether the production of metadata is sought for any type of ESI, and if so, what types of metadata. D. The various sources of ESI within a party's control that should be searched for ESI, and whether either party has relevant ESI that it contends is not reasonably accessible under Rule 26(b)(2)(B), and if so, the estimated burden or costs of retrieving and reviewing that information. E. The characteristics of the party's information systems that may contain relevant ESI, including, where appropriate, the identity of individuals with special knowledge of a party's computer systems. F. Any issues relating to preservation of discoverable ESI. G. Assertions of privilege or of protection as trial-preparation materials, including whether the parties can facilitate discovery by agreeing on procedures and, if appropriate, an Order under Federal Rules of Evidence Rule 502. If the parties agree that a protective order is needed, they shall attach a copy of the proposed order to the Case Management Report. The parties should attempt to agree on protocols that minimize the risk of waiver. Any protective American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com order shall comply with Local Rule 1.09 and Section IV.F. below on Confidentiality Agreements. H. Whether the discovery of ESI should be conducted in phases, limited, or focused upon particular issues. Please state if there are any areas of disagreement on these issues and , if so, summarize the parties' positions on each: _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ If there are disputed issues specified above, or elsewhere in this report, then (check one): ___one or more of the parties requests that a preliminary pre-trial conference under Rule 16 be scheduled to discuss these issues and explore possible resolutions. Although this will be a non-evidentia
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