Joint Report Of Parties Proposed Scheduling And Discovery Order

JOINT REPORT OF PARTIES AND PROPOSED SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY ORDER. This is a Southern District of Illinois form used to document the parties’ Rule 26(f) planning meeting and set a comprehensive discovery and case-management schedule. The report requires the parties to identify mediation deadlines, serve initial written discovery, and schedule plaintiff and defendant depositions. It establishes timelines for amending pleadings, disclosing expert witnesses and reports, completing expert depositions, and addressing electronically stored information (ESI), including whether an ESI protocol is required. The form provides coordinated deadlines for mandatory mediation, completion of all discovery, and filing dispositive motions tied to the presumptive trial month. It also reminds parties to meet and confer before raising discovery disputes with the court. www.FormsWorkflow.com