Pegues v. Aramark et al

Filing 19

OPINION entered by Judge Sue E. Myerscough on 7/19/2012. The status conference set for 7/30/2012 is cancelled. (SEE WRITTEN ORDER FOR DEADLINES)(MAS, ilcd)

E-FILED

Thursday, 19 July, 2012 05:21:22 PM
Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
SPRINGFIELD DIVISION
WALTER PEGUES and
SIDNEY COLLINS,

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Plaintiffs,
v.
FORREST ASHBY,
JENNIFER BLAESING,
SANDRA SIMPSON,
STEVE DREDGE, and
ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES, LLC,
Defendants.

11-CV-3189

OPINION
SUE E. MYERSCOUGH, U.S. District Judge:
Plaintiffs, proceeding pro se and currently detained in the Rushville
Treatment and Detention Center, pursue claims that they are being
denied a nutritionally adequate religious diet and are being retaliated
against for pursuing their right to a religious diet.
This case is set for a conference on July 30, 2012, but the

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conference will be cancelled as unnecessary. All Defendants except
Defendant Dredge have been served, and there are no pending issues to
discuss.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:
1) The status conference set for July 30, 2012, is cancelled. The
clerk is directed to notify Plaintiffs’ detention center of the cancellation.
2) The parties are reminded of their option to consent to proceed
before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. (See attached form).
3) By August 3, 2012, counsel for Defendant Aramark Correctional
Services, LLC, is directed to inform the Court whether he will be filing an
appearance for Defendant Dredge, and, if not, where Defendant Dredge’s
waiver of service should be sent. The clerk sent Dredge’s waiver of
service to Aramark’s corporate headquarters in Pennsylvania, but the
waiver has not been returned.
4) The clerk is directed to update the docket to show that the
correct name of Defendant Aramark Food Services Corp. is Aramark
Correctional Services, LLC.

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5) By September 14, 2012, the parties shall provide to each other
the initial disclosures described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(i)-(ii).
6) Plaintiffs shall disclose expert witnesses and expert testimony
pursuant to the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by October 1,
2012.
7) Defendants shall disclose expert witnesses and expert testimony
pursuant to the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by November 1,
2012.
8) Discovery closes January 31, 2013.
9) Dispositive motions are due February 28, 2013.
10) Plaintiffs’ detention limits them to written discovery. Written
discovery must be served on a party at least 30 days before the discovery
deadline. Discovery requests and responses are not filed with the court,
unless there is a dispute regarding such discovery. See CDIL-LR 26.3.
Motions to compel discovery must be accompanied by the relevant
portions of the discovery request and the response. Additionally, except
for good cause shown, motions to compel must be filed within 14 days of

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receiving an unsatisfactory response to a timely discovery request.
11) A final pretrial conference is scheduled for September 9, 2013,
at 1:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the Court may hear the case.
Defendants’ counsel shall appear in person. Plaintiffs shall appear by
video. The parties are directed to submit an agreed, proposed final
pretrial order at least 14 days before the final pretrial conference.
12) The jury trial is scheduled on the Court’s trailing trial calendar
for October 1, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. before this Court in Springfield,
Illinois. The actual date for jury selection and jury trial will be finalized
at the final pretrial conference.

ENTERED:

July 19, 2012

FOR THE COURT:
s/Sue E. Myerscough
SUE E. MYERSCOUGH
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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