Joint Report Of Parties Proposed Scheduling And Discovery Order (Judge Dugan)}

JOINT REPORT OF PARTIES AND PROPOSED SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY ORDER (Judge Dugan). This is a Southern District of Illinois form used to document the parties’ Rule 26(f) conference and propose a full pretrial schedule. The report captures participating attorneys, mediator selection deadlines, initial written discovery service dates, and scheduled depositions of the plaintiff and defendant. It sets timelines for amending pleadings, disclosing expert witnesses and written reports under Rule 26(a)(2), and completing expert depositions. Parties must also certify that they discussed proportionality, discovery costs, and electronically stored information (ESI), and indicate whether an ESI protocol is needed. The form establishes deadlines for mandatory mediation, completion of all discovery, and filing dispositive motions, all tied to the assigned trial month. It also directs parties to follow Judge Dugan’s procedures for resolving discovery disputes. www.FormsWorkflow.com