Ferguson v. Acura

Filing 56

ORDER overruling 55 --objections; adopting in part 52 --REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS; the parties' initial disclosures are due 8/4/2017; separate orders will issue setting case management deadlines and directing the parties to mediation. Signed by Judge Steven D. Merryday on 7/20/2017. (BK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
HELEN FERGUSON,
Plaintiff,
v.

CASE NO. 8:16-cv-3460-T-23AEP

GETTEL ACURA,
Defendant.
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ORDER
The magistrate judge recommends (Doc. 52) entering a Case Management and
Scheduling Order with the following deadlines:
1. If the parties have not already done so, Initial Disclosures pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A) shall be exchanged on or before July 14, 2017.
2. Third party claims and joinder motions shall be filed on or before October 9,
2017.
3. Plaintiff’s expert disclosure pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be made
on or before October 9, 2017. Defendant’s expert disclosure pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be made on or before October 30, 2017.
4. All discovery shall be conducted so as to be completed on or before
December 11, 2017.
5. Mediation shall be conducted on or before January 8, 2018.
6. Dispositive and Daubert motions shall be filed on or before January 22, 2018.
7. The Final Pretrial Conference shall be scheduled on or after April 9, 2018, with
the trial date on the May 2018 trial calendar.

(Doc. 52 at 1–2) Ferguson objects (Doc. 55) to the report and recommendation. A
de novo review of the report and recommendation reveals that Ferguson’s objections
are unfounded, unpersuasive, or anticipated by the magistrate judge. The objections
require no different resolution. Accordingly, Ferguson’s objections (Doc. 55) are
OVERRULED, and the report and recommendation (Doc. 52) is ADOPTED IN
PART.* A separate case management and scheduling order will set deadlines.
ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on July 20, 2017.

*

No later than AUGUST 4, 2017, the parties must exchange initial disclosures. Also, a
separate mediation order, not the case management and scheduling order, will direct the parties to
mediate.

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