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Case 2:09-cv-02402-JWS Document 75 Filed 07/31/13 Page 1 of 9
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
TRACY COLLINS, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. JANICE K. BREWER, et al., Defendants.
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2:09-cv-02402-JWS
SCHEDULING AND PLANNING ORDER I. Meeting of Counsel
Based upon information available to the court through a status report completed by the parties pursuant to Rules 16 and 26(f), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the scheduling and planning conference, this order for the pretrial development of the case is entered pursuant to Rule 16(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. II. Pre-Discovery Disclosures
The information required by Rule 26(a)(1), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: A. B. X Has been exchanged by the parties. Shall be exchanged by the parties on or before August 5, 2013.
C.
Preliminary witness lists: 1. 2. X Have been exchanged by the parties. Shall be exchanged by the parties on or before August 5, 2013.
Counsel for each party must contemporaneously prepare and maintain a written record of all disclosures and supplementation of disclosures or responses made to requests for discovery under Rule 26(a) and (e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Unless
required in support of a motion or by order of the court, disclosures and supplemental disclosures are not to be filed with the court. III. Contested Issues of Fact and Law A. B. X Nothing further is required. The parties have either failed to submit a preliminary statement of issues or have submitted an unsatisfactory preliminary statement of issues. The parties shall meet, prepare, and file a satisfactory preliminary joint statement of issues on or before . IV. Discovery Plan
Discovery shall be conducted in accordance with Rules 26 through 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, applicable Local Civil, and the discovery plan contained in the status report of the parties except as otherwise provided below. 2
A.
Issues requiring discovery. 1. 2. X Nothing further is required. The parties have not submitted a statement of issues requiring discovery. The parties shall meet, prepare, and file that statement on or before .
B.
Preserving discovery information. 1. X There is no indication that this will be an issue. 2. [Other]
C.
Discovery or disclosure of electronically stored
information shall be handled as follows: 1. X The parties may proceed as they have proposed. 2. D. [Other]
Claims of privilege or protection of trial preparation
materials shall be handled as follows: 1. X There is no indication that this will be an issue. 2. The parties have entered into a confidentiality agreement. 3. The parties shall submit their proposed confidentiality agreement on or before .
E.
Expert witness disclosures in accordance with
Rule 26(a)(2) shall be made: 1. X By all parties on or before May 25, 2014. 2. 3. 4. X By plaintiff on or before . By defendant(s) on or before . Rebuttal reports on or before July 9, 2014. F. Disclosures and discovery responses shall be
supplemented in accordance with Rule 26(e): 1. At intervals of days; and final
supplementations shall be served and filed 60 days before the close of fact discovery. 2. X As new information is acquired, but not later than 60 days before the close of discovery. The disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(3), to the extent not covered by this order, will be addressed by the court in an Order for Pretrial Proceedings and Final Pretrial Conference, which the court will issue concurrent with setting this case for trial. G. A final witness list, disclosing all lay and expert
witnesses whom a party may wish to call at trial, shall be served and filed not later than: Lay witness list due on or before 4
March 5, 2014; expert witness list due on or before June 6, 2014; all rebuttal expert witness list due on or before July 9, 2014. Only those witnesses disclosed in a timely filed witness list will be permitted to testify at trial. H. Discovery shall be scheduled so as to be completed by: 1. X As to all fact discovery, on or before April 25, 2014. 2. X As to all expert discovery, on or before August 9, 2014. 3. As to all discovery, on or before .
If discovery is not completed by the date or dates above specified, counsel may stipulate to a single continuance of no more than two months for the completion of same, provided that any such stipulation shall state precisely what discovery remains and when it will be accomplished.1 A discovery conference must
be requested if more time is required to complete such discovery. I. The following limitations on discovery are imposed: 1. X The limitations set forth in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(b), 30, and 33 apply, except as indicated below.
Such a stipulation does not require court approval. 5
2.
The maximum number of depositions by each party shall not exceed fifteen (15) per side.
(a)
Depositions shall not exceed as to any deponent.
hours
(b)
Depositions shall not exceed four (4) hours as to non-party deponents.
(c)
Depositions shall not exceed four (4) hours as to party2 deponents.
(d)
Depositions shall not exceed seven (7) hours for any expert witness.
3.
The maximum number of interrogatories posed by each party shall not exceed thirty (30) per side.
4.
The maximum number of requests for admissions posed by each party shall not exceed .
5.
[Other limitations:]
Unless otherwise specified, the court will consider corporate officer, Rule 30(b)(6) witness, and expert witness depositions to be subject to the time limitation applicable to party depositions. 6
V. A.
Pretrial Motions Preliminary motions as to jurisdiction, venue,
arbitration, and/or statutes of limitation shall be served and filed not later than: 1. 2. B. X Not applicable. [Date:]
Motions to amend, motions under the discovery rules,
motions in limine, and dispositive motions: 1. shall be served and filed not later than the times specified by applicable Local Rules and Rule 56(c)(1)(A ), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, except as indicated below. 2. X Motions to amend pleadings or add parties shall be served and filed not later than November 1, 2013. 3. X Motions under the discovery rules shall be served and filed not later than seven (7) days after the close of the particular class (fact or expert) of discovery closes. 4. X Motions in limine shall be served and filed not later than November 17, 2014.
5.
Dispositive motions shall be served and filed not later than September 15, 2014.
VI. A.
Further Pretrial Proceedings X The parties have not requested a scheduling
conference with the court. B. X The parties have not consented to all further
proceedings in this case being before a United States magistrate judge. C. With reference to the disclosure requirements of
Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 1. 2. X The parties are in compliance. Compliance shall be accomplished on or before . D. The parties have considered and reported to the court
as regards possible alternative dispute resolution procedures. The use of ADR procedures appears premature at this time. The
court will arrange for mediation assistance from a judge of this court upon request of the parties. E. The court will schedule a pretrial conference for
purposes of considering matters set out in Rule 16(c)(2), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, upon the request of the parties. The
court will call upon the parties to certify the case ready for trial when the times specified for discovery and motion practice have expired. The court will issue an order governing final 8
preparation for trial and scheduling a final pretrial conference when the case has been certified ready for trial. F. In the event that the parties have completed discovery
before the discovery close date set in this scheduling and planning order, and if no dispositive motions are then pending or are to be filed by a party, counsel may jointly file a certificate that the case is ready for trial. When the time allowed for discovery and motion practice has passed and all pending dispositive motions have been ruled upon, the court will call upon the parties to certify the case ready for trial. VII. Trial It is estimated that this case will require four (4) days for trial by court. not disputed. DATED this 31st day of July 2013. If requested, the right to a jury trial is
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Case 2:09-cv-02402-JWS Document 75 Filed 07/31/13 Page 1 of 9

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

TRACY COLLINS, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. JANICE K. BREWER, et al., Defendants.

SCHEDULING AND PLANNING ORDER I. Meeting of Counsel

Case 2:09-cv-02402-JWS Document 75 Filed 07/31/13 Page 2 of 9

Case 2:09-cv-02402-JWS Document 75 Filed 07/31/13 Page 3 of 9

Discovery or disclosure of electronically stored

Claims of privilege or protection of trial preparation

Case 2:09-cv-02402-JWS Document 75 Filed 07/31/13 Page 4 of 9

Expert witness disclosures in accordance with

supplemented in accordance with Rule 26(e): 1. At intervals of days; and final

Case 2:09-cv-02402-JWS Document 75 Filed 07/31/13 Page 5 of 9

Such a stipulation does not require court approval. 5

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Depositions shall not exceed as to any deponent.

Depositions shall not exceed four (4) hours as to non-party deponents.

Depositions shall not exceed four (4) hours as to party2 deponents.

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Pretrial Motions Preliminary motions as to jurisdiction, venue,

Motions to amend, motions under the discovery rules,

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Further Pretrial Proceedings X The parties have not requested a scheduling

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/s/ John W. Sedwick United States District Judge

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