Spears v. Brown et al

Filing 21

ORDER directing the parties to complete discovery on or before February 24, 2012, and file any dispositive motions on or before March 24, 2012. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney on 8/24/11. (kpr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
EUGENE SPEARS
V.

PLAINTIFF
4:11-cv-00299-BSM-JTK

ANGELA BROWN, et al.

DEFENDANTS
INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

Defendants have filed their Answer to Plaintiffs’ Complaint. The Court will give the parties
six months to complete discovery and seven months (30 days after the close of discovery) to file any
dispositive motions.1
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties shall complete discovery on or before
February 24, 2012, and file any dispositive motions on or before March 24, 2012.
Dated this 24th day of August, 2011.

____________________________________
JEROME T. KEARNEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1

This means that the parties must send their final discovery requests to the opposing side so
that they have the full amount of time, as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to
respond before the discovery deadline expires. For instance, Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(2) states that a
party has 30 days to respond to interrogatories. Thus, the parties must send their final interrogatories
to the opposing side at least 30 days before the expiration of the discovery deadline
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