Ace Partners, LLC v. East Hartford et al

Filing 65

ORDER: See amended scheduling order. At the request of counsel, the evidentiary hearing is rescheduled to begin on 2/26/2013 at 10:00 AM in the East Courtroom, 450 Main St., Hartford, CT before Judge Donna F. Martinez. The pre-hearing conference remains scheduled for 2/8/2013 at 1:00 PM in Chambers.(Constantine, A.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
ACE PARTNERS, LLC D/B/A,
TC's PAWN COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
: CASE NO. 3:09CV1282(RNC)
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TOWN OF EAST HARTFORD et al., :
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Defendants.
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AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER FOR DAMAGES HEARING
At hearing on compensatory damages is scheduled to begin on
February 26, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in the East Courtroom and if
necessary, will continue February 27, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
A pre-hearing conference is scheduled for February 8, 2013 at
1:00 p.m.
Counsel for the parties shall confer in an attempt to arrive
at stipulations of fact and to agree on exhibits that may be
introduced without objection at the hearing.
By February 1, 2013, each party shall file the following:
(1) A Memorandum of Law.

In addition to setting forth its

version of the facts and the legal argument in support of its
position, each party shall include in its memorandum a list of
witnesses who will testify at the hearing and a brief description
of each witness's testimony.

If a party objects to all or any part

of the anticipated testimony of any witness, lay or expert, the
objection and its grounds shall be set forth in the memorandum so
that the objection can be addressed prior to the hearing.

(2)

Stipulation

of

Facts.

The

parties

shall

file

a

stipulation of all facts not in dispute.
(3) Exhibits.

Each party shall file a list of exhibits that

will be introduced at the hearing.

The list shall note whether the

parties agree that a particular exhibit should be admitted as
evidence without objection at the hearing.
be set forth with specificity.

Any objections should

The exhibit list shall denote the

exhibit number and a brief description of the exhibit.

Prior to

the beginning of the hearing, each party shall deliver to the
courtroom deputy clerk a copy of the exhibit list, shall premark
its exhibits, and shall deliver its premarked exhibits to the
courtroom deputy clerk.

Exhibit stickers are available from the

courtroom deputy clerk.

All exhibits shall be marked numerically

and say "Plaintiff" or "Defendant".

If there is more than one

plaintiff or defendant, the exhibits shall identify the party
offering the exhibit (e.g., Defendant Smith, Exhibit #1).

If the

same exhibit is offered by more than one party, the parties shall
mark only one exhibit by placing their respective exhibit stickers
on the one exhibit (e.g., Plaintiff Jones, Exhibit #2; Defendant
Smith Exhibit #5)

Each party shall prepare two courtesy copies of

its documentary exhibits for the court’s use during the hearing.
The courtesy copies shall be arranged in order in a notebook with
tabs bearing the exhibit number.

All copies shall be stamped

"Copy" to distinguish them from the original exhibit.

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The "Copy"

stamp shall be in a color other than black to show that the word
"copy" is not part of the exhibit itself.
SO ORDERED at Hartford, Connecticut this 4th day of October,
2012.
_________/s/___________________
Donna F. Martinez
United States Magistrate Judge

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