Rubin, et al v. Islamic Republic, et al

Filing 600

WRITTEN Opinion entered by the Honorable Young B. Kim on 8/13/2012: Parties had until August 10, 2012, to file any objections to the discovery plan the court detailed in its order of August 2, 2012. There were no objections to the discovery plan. As such, the parties are ordered to adhere to the discovery schedule outlined herein. This discovery schedule also applies to 08 CV 1592. Plaintiffs' motion for extension of citations #594 is granted and the citations to discover assets are extended until February 15, 2013. (For further details see written opinion.) Mailed notice (ma,)

Order Form (01/2005)

United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Name of Assigned Judge
or Magistrate Judge

CASE NUMBER
CASE
TITLE

Blanche M. Manning

Sitting Judge if Other
than Assigned Judge

03 C 9370

DATE

Young B. Kim
August 13, 2012

Rubin, et al vs. Islamic Republic, et al

DOCKET ENTRY TEXT

Parties had until August 10, 2012, to file any objections to the discovery plan the court detailed in its order of
August 2, 2012. There were no objections to the discovery plan. As such, the parties are ordered to adhere to
the discovery schedule outlined herein. This discovery schedule also applies to 08 CV 1592. Plaintiffs' motion
for extension of citations [594] is granted and the citations to discover assets are extended until February 15,
2013.

O[ For further details see text below.]

Notices mailed by Judicial staff.

STATEMENT
Parties are ordered to adhere to the following discovery schedule:
1. Iran shall produce to Plaintiffs, by September 10, 2012, all documents sought in Plaintiffs’ First Request for
Production of Documents to Defendant the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not yet been produced, including
without limitation the following: (a) all responsive documents that have been created or have come into Iran’s
possession, custody, or control subsequent to its prior production; and (b) the documents from the US-Iran Claims
Tribunal, as previously ordered on July 26, 2007 (R. 281). This requirement does not apply to Document
Requests 5, 6, 8, 9, or 10. If no further production is required, Iran must state affirmatively that its search did not
reveal any further responsive documents.
2. Within 20 days after Iran has complied with Paragraph 1 above, any party may serve any other party with
requests for production of documents and interrogatories regarding the immunity issue. Parties are not authorized
to serve written discovery requests after this 20-day deadline.
3. If a discovery request is timely served in accordance with Paragraph 2 above, the party served with the written
discovery request must respond within 30 days.
4. Plaintiffs may at any time notice the depositions of the University of Chicago, the Field Museum, and Iran
regarding the immunity issue. Any deposition of Iran’s witnesses must take place in The Hague, provided that
Iran pays Plaintiffs’ resulting expenses, as provided in the September 9, 2009 order (R. 421). Plaintiffs must
complete all depositions by February 15, 2013.
5. Once oral discovery is complete, the court will close discovery in this matter and return the case to the
assigned District Judge unless a party files a motion for supplemental discovery. If the movant shows good cause,
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STATEMENT
the court may authorize additional discovery for a short period of time.

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