Edwards-Conrad v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

Filing 35

ORDER reopening discovery and setting deadlines; discovery deadline is 2/14/2014;dispositive motion deadline in 3/31/2014. Ordered by U.S. District Judge Hugh Lawson on 12/3/2013. (nbp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
PENELOPE EDWARDS-CONRAD, M.D.,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action 7:13-CV-20 (HL)
v.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
ORDER
The parties have informed the Court that the case did not settle at mediation.
The Court now re-opens discovery and sets the following deadlines to govern all
remaining scheduling and discovery in the case.
1.

The time for discovery in this case shall expire on February 14, 2014.

The parties are put on notice that this deadline will not be extended.
No discovery request may be served unless the response to the request can
be completed within the time specified by the rules and within the discovery period.
Except by written consent of the parties first filed with the Court, no deposition shall
be scheduled beyond the discovery period.
Any discovery-related motions should be filed as soon as practical, but in no
instance are they to be filed after the end of the discovery period. Motions filed after
the discovery period ends will not be considered by the Court.
2.

The deadline for disclosing expert witnesses will not be re-opened.

3.

All motions to join other parties or to otherwise amend the pleadings

shall be filed on or before January 15, 2014.
4.

All dispositive motions shall be filed on or before March 31, 2014.

5.

All Daubert motions shall be filed on or before March 17, 2014. The

parties are instructed not to file Daubert motions as part of dispositive motions.
6.

All other provisions contained in the Scheduling and Discovery Order

entered on April 20, 2013 remain in full force and effect.
SO ORDERED, this the 3rd day of December, 2013.

s/ Hugh Lawson
HUGH LAWSON, SENIOR JUDGE

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