Vela v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company

Filing 30

ORDER granting 29 Motion for Extension of Time: Discovery due by 5/29/2009 and Dispositive motions due by 7/3/2009. The Final Pre-Trial Conference set for 6/25/09, is VACATED. Signed by Judge Stephen M McNamee on 12/15/08.(LSP)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

JOHN H. VELA, Plaintiff, v. A M E R I C A N FAMILY INSURANCE CO., Defendant.

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No. CV 08-0540-PHX-SMM ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Extend All Pretrial Deadlines (Doc. 29). Plaintiff requests a thirty (30) day extension of all pretrial deadlines due to a misunderstanding regarding whether the matter had settled. As a result, Plaintiff's counsel has not prepared a Rule 26(a)(2) Disclosure Statement and has not yet contacted its experts to obtain the information necessary for such a disclosure. Plaintiff believes such a thirty (30) day extension would allow it to prepare the required disclosure statement as well as work further towards a possible settlement with Defendant. Good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED GRANTING Plaintiff's Motion to Extend All Pretrial Deadlines (Doc. 29). IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadlines for disclosure of expert testimony under Rule 26(a)(2) will be extended as follows: 1. Plaintiff's expert reports shall be disclosed by January 16, 2009.

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Defendant's expert reports shall be disclosed by February 27, 2009. Plaintiff's rebuttal expert reports shall be disclosed by March 20, 2009.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the discovery deadline will be extended to May 29, 2009. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the dispositive motion deadline will be extended to July 3, 2009. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Final Pre-Trial Conference set for June 25, 2009, is VACATED. The Final Pre-Trial Conference will be rescheduled upon the Court's ruling on any dispositive motions. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all other provisions in the Scheduling Order (Doc. 15) shall remain in effect. DATED this 15th day of December, 2008.

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