EMC Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Shivam Trading, Inc. et al

Filing 15

ORDER and Notice of Pretrial Proceedings; the proposed pretrial order shall be filed on or before May 16, 2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Stan Baker on 11/15/2016. (csr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
WAYCROSS DIVISION

EMC PROPERTY & CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION NO.: 5:16-cv-58

v.
SHIVAM TRADING, INC.; SIDHI
INVESTMENT CORP.; and VICKI THRIFT,
Defendants.
ORDER AND NOTICE OF
PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS
IT IS ORDERED that lead counsel for the parties in the above-captioned case shall
prepare and file with the Clerk of this Court a joint consolidated proposed pretrial order. The
pretrial order shall be in the format for Chief District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood. The required
form can be located at the Court’s website www.gas.uscourts.gov under “forms.” The proposed
pretrial order shall be filed on or before May 16, 2017. However, if a motion for summary
judgment or other dispositive motion is pending at the time of this deadline, the deadline for
filing the pretrial order is automatically extended. In such event, the parties shall file the
proposed pretrial order within twenty-one days of this Court’s ruling on the motion for summary
judgment or other dispositive motion.
Counsel for the Plaintiff shall have the responsibility to initiate compliance herewith. A
party’s failure to comply with the requirements hereof may result in dismissal of the Complaint,
striking of the Answer, or in other sanctions determined appropriate by the Court. If any party in
this case is not represented by counsel, such party shall be obligated to comply with the
requirements hereof in the same manner as counsel.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case will be scheduled by the Clerk for a pretrial
conference. At the time of the pretrial conference, the Court will approve, disapprove, or direct
amendment of the proposed pretrial order. Lead counsel for each party shall attend the pretrial
conference.
The parties shall attempt to resolve evidentiary objections and potential motions in limine
well in advance of the pretrial conference. Thus, the parties shall not file any evidentiary
objections or motions in limine without first seeking to resolve the issues raised in the objection
or the motion in limine with the opposing party. The moving party must state in its evidentiary
objections and motions in limine that it has attempted to resolve the issues raised therein with the
other parties, and it must further state which other parties oppose the relief sought.
Any evidentiary objections and motions in limine which have not been resolved prior to
the pretrial conference shall be submitted in writing at least five (5) days prior to the pretrial
conference. The parties shall not file any motions or limine or evidentiary objections after this
deadline without first seeking leave of court. Leave to file will only be granted upon a showing
of extraordinary circumstances. All responses to evidentiary objections and motions in limine
shall be submitted within fourteen (14) days of the filing of the objection or motion.
Proposed pretrial orders which are not consolidated (proposed jointly) will not be
accepted for filing without the written permission of the Court.
SO ORDERED, this 15th day of November, 2016.

R. STAN BAKER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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