HANRAHAN v. USA

Filing 20

SCHEDULING ORDER:Initial Disclosures due by 9/30/2013. Non-Expert Discovery due by 6/30/2014. Dsignation of Experts due by 6/30/2014. Plaintiff's Expert Report(s) due by 7/31/2014. Defendant's Expert Report(s) due by 8/29/2014. Expert Discovery completed by 10/31/2014. Status Report due by 11/14/2014. Signed by Judge Lynn J. Bush. (TQ) Copy to parties.

In the United States Court of Federal Claims
No. 13-200 C
(Filed September 10, 2013)
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WILLIAM B. HANRAHAN,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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THE UNITED STATES,
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Defendant.
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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULING ORDER
On August 26, 2013, the parties, pursuant to Appendix A, ¶ 4 of the Rules of
the United States Court of Federal Claims (RCFC) filed their joint preliminary
status report (JPSR). Therein, the parties report that they are considering a deferral
or stay of this action. Specifically, the report states that
Separate and apart from this litigation, the Government
has been in the process of reviewing the wage rates that
are the subject to Mr. Hanrahan’s complaint. Mr.
Hanrahan has been participating in this process as a
witness. The Government’s decision and action upon
these rates could substantially affect Mr. Hanrahan’s
claims.
At this time, the parties cannot predict how long this
wage determination process will take. As soon as the
parties are able to do so, we will approach the Court with
a more definite deferral or stay proposal.
JPSR ¶ (d). Additionally, in the absence of a deferral or stay of this litigation, the
parties propose a discovery plan. Based on the parties’ JPSR, the court finds it
may be somewhat premature to issue a Rule 16 Scheduling Order. However, the

court is certainly willing to give its approval to the discovery schedule proposed by
the parties.1 Therefore, in accordance with the discovery schedule set forth in the
parties’ JPSR, it is hereby ORDERED that the following discovery schedule is
established:
(1) Initial Disclosures, pursuant to RCFC 26(a), shall be EXCHANGED
between the parties on or before September 30, 2013.
(2) All Non-Expert Discovery shall be COMPLETED on or before June
30, 2014.
(3) Designation of Experts shall be COMPLETED on or before June 30,
2014.
(4) Plaintiff’s Expert Report(s) shall be DISCLOSED on or before July
31, 2014.
(5) Defendant’s Expert Report(s) shall be DISCLOSED on or before
August 29, 2014.
(6) All Expert Discovery, including depositions, shall be COMPLETED
on or before October 31, 2014.
(7) On or before November 14, 2014, or upon the completion of discovery
by the parties, whichever event occurs earlier, counsel are directed to FILE a Joint
Status Report informing the court of the status of proceedings in the case and the
extent to which the parties have determined whether any or all of the instant matter
may be settled. The status report shall also set forth a proposed schedule for the
exchanges required by Appendix A, ¶ 13 and the filings required by ¶¶ 14 through
17.
s/Lynn J. Bush
LYNN J. BUSH
Judge

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/ The issuance of this discovery schedule does not operate to preclude the court’s future
deferral or stay of this litigation in the event that the parties mutually agree to such a suspension
of proceedings in order to explore potential settlement and/or return to the court’s alternative
dispute resolution proceedings.
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