Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Gorenflo, et al.
Filing
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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
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