Fill and Sign the Joint Proposed Scheduling Order Form

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Plaintiff(s), vs. Defendant(s). ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO.: CJRA TRACK: JUDGE: JOINT REPORT OF PARTIES AND PROPOSED SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY ORDER Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and SDIL-LR 16.2(a), an initial conference of the parties was held on ___________________ with attorneys and/or unrepresented parties ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ _____________________ participating. SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY PLANS WERE DISCUSSED AND AGREED TO AS FOLLOWS: 1. Initial interrogatories and requests to produce, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 33 and 34, shall be served on opposing parties by ___________________. 2. Plaintiff’s deposition shall be taken by ____________________________. 3. Defendant’s deposition shall be taken by __________________________. 4. Third Party actions must be commenced by _______________________. Cross-claims and counterclaims shall be filed in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 5. Expert witnesses shall be disclosed, along with a written report prepared and signed by the witness pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2), as follows: Plaintiff’s expert(s):_____________________________. Defendant’s expert(s):___________________________. Third Party expert(s):____________________________. 6. Depositions of expert witnesses must be taken by : Plaintiff’s expert(s):_____________________________. Defendant’s expert(s):___________________________. Third Party expert(s):____________________________. 7. Discovery shall be completed by ____________________ (which date shall be no later than one hundred fifteen (115) days before the first day of the month of the presumptive trial month). Any written interrogatories or request for production served after the date of the Scheduling and Discovery Order shall be served by a date that allows the served parties the full thirty (30) days as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in which to answer or produce by the discovery cut-off date. 8. All dispositive motions shall be filed by _____________________ (which date shall be no later than one hundred (100) days before the first day of the month of the presumptive trial month). Dispositive motions filed after this date will not be considered by the Court. 9. The Scheduling and Discovery Conference may, at the discretion of the Magistrate Judge, be canceled if the Magistrate Judge approves of the parties’ proposed Scheduling and Discovery Order as submitted. DATED:____________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Attorney(s) for Defendant IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Plaintiff(s), vs. Defendant(s). ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO.: CJRA TRACK: JUDGE: ORDER Depositions upon oral examination, interrogatories, request for documents, and answers and responses thereto shall not be filed unless on order of the Court. Disclosures or discovery under Rule 26(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are to be filed with the Court only to the extent required by the final pretrial order, other order of the Court, or if a dispute arises over the disclosure or discovery. Having reviewed the Report of the Parties and finding that the parties have complied with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) and SDIL-LR 16.2(a), the Court hereby approves and enters the Proposed Scheduling and Discovery Order as submitted by the parties/as modified at the Pretrial Scheduling and Discovery Conference. A. A settlement conference is set before ____________________________ in accordance with SDIL-LR 16.3(b) on ____________________________________ at ______________________________ in _______________________________. B. A final pretrial conference is set for _______________________________ at ________________________________________________ before the trial judge in accordance with SDIL-LR16.2(b). C. As initially set by the Court, the presumptive trial month is _____________. D. _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________ ___________. DATED:___________________ ____________________________________