Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Gorenflo, et al.

Filing 14

RULE 26(F) ORDER directing that the Rule 26(f) report containing the discovery plan shall be filed as soon as practicable but not later than October 17, 2014. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 10/7/14. (scn, )

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION
METROPOLITAN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
VANESSA GORENFLO, JOHN
EDWARD BRIGGS III, and
ROSE MARIE BRIGGS,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO.
2:14cv594-MHT
(WO)

RULE 26(F) ORDER
The parties are hereby reminded of the obligation,
imposed by Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure,

to

confer

discovery plan.

and

to

develop

a

proposed

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the

Rule 26(f) report containing the discovery plan shall
be filed as soon as practicable but not later than
October 17, 2014.
The longstanding practice in this district is that
dispositive motions shall be filed no later than 90
days prior to the pretrial date.

If the parties seek

to vary from that schedule, they should present, in the
plan, specific case-related reasons for the requested
variance.

In their Rule 26(f) report, however, the

parties should assume that the 90-day requirement will
apply.
This

case

will

be

set

for

trial

before

the

undersigned judge during one of that judge's regularly
scheduled civil trial terms, within 7 to 10 months of
this

order

if

a

term

is

available

and,

if

available, then as soon as possible thereafter.

not
The

pretrial date is normally set within four to six weeks
of a scheduled trial term.

The dates of each judge's

civil trial terms are available on the court's website
located at http://www.almd.uscourts.gov.
The

court

may

or

may

not

hold

a

scheduling

conference before issuing a scheduling order.
court

holds

a

scheduling

2

conference,

If the

counsel

may

participate in the scheduling conference by conference
call.
The

scheduling

order

entered

by

the

court

will

follow the form of the uniform scheduling order adopted
by the judges of this court.

The uniform scheduling

order is also available on the court's website.
The report of the parties should comply with Form
52 of the Appendix of Forms to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure.
DONE, this the 7th day of October, 2014.

/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE