Jones et al v. Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System et al

Filing 93

Minute Order. Proceedings held before Magistrate Judge Karen Wells Roby: Telephone Conference held on 3/10/2016. The Joint Pretrial Order Inserts (Rec. Doc. No. 90) is REJECTED. ORDERED that Final Pretrial Conference is CONTINUED AND RESCHEDULED for 3/15/2016 02:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Karen Wells Roby. The revised PROPOSED JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER in compliance with the Courtsdirectives and this Order shall be filed on or before 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 14, 2016. ORDERED that the 88 Motion to Quash Trial Subpoena is is GRANTED in part as to Dr. Marvin Yates and DENIED in part as to Dr. John Crain. FURTHER ORDERED that 91 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney for Michael Prescott is DENIED. FURTHER ORDERED that 92 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney for Kevin Knudson is GRANTED as to Attorney Dale Edward Williams. (cml)

MINUTE ENTRY
MARCH 10, 2016
M.J. ROBY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
ANGELA JONES and RASHEDA GANDOLFO

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO. 14-2304

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM,
MICHAEL PRESCOTT, KEVIN KNUDSEN,
KEVIN BRADY, CARMEN BRAY and MIKE
MCGILL (In their Individual and Official
Capacities)

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE
JUDGE KAREN WELLS ROBY

ORDER
The Court this day held a telephone conference in which counsel for plaintiffs, Elton Herron,
Douglas Kraus (counsel for defendants Michael Prescott and Kevin Knudsen), and Christopher
Moody (counsel for defendant Board of Supervisors and Carmen Bray) to address deficiencies and
errors in the Joint Pre-trial Order Inserts (Rec. Doc. No. 90) submitted by the parties. The Joint Pretrial Order Inserts (Rec. Doc. No. 90) is REJECTED.
Based on the Court’s discussion with counsel, the parties shall submit a revised Proposed
Joint Pretrial Order in compliance with the directives given by the Court during the conference and
as reiterated in part in this Order. The parties shall compile a Proposed Joint Pretrial Order which
will include specific uncontested facts and uncontested points of law to which the parties can
agree and stipulate. The parties shall indicate with specificity the substance of the anticipated
testimony of each of the witnesses listed and evaluate the duplicity and necessity of the proposed
witnesses. The parties shall also designate the will-call witnesses. Any listed exhibits must be
separately identified with no in globo references. Each intended exhibit will be considered by

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counsel for stipulation or objection based upon authentication and admissibility which will be
reflected in the proposed inserts. The Court does not find relevant the pleadings, depositions,
deposition attachments, or other exhibits from any prior state court or federal court proceedings
related to the incidents and claims asserted by the parties in this litigation and those should be
excluded from the exhibit lists. The parties shall brief the Court on the admissibility of any exhibit
comprised of the pleadings and rulings from the Civil Service administrative review as set forth
below.
The following matters also were ORDERED and established during the conference:
The FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE scheduled for March 11, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. is
CONTINUED AND RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.
The revised PROPOSED JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER in compliance with the Court’s
directives and this Order shall be filed on or before 5:00 p.m., Monday, March 14, 2016.
Proposed Jury Instructions and/or Proposed Jury Interrogatories shall be filed on or before
5:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Counsel need not include any pattern charges recognized
by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Each of the parties shall file a memorandum on or before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March
16, 2016, addressing the admissibility of exhibits comprised of the pleadings and rulings from
Angela Jones’s Civil Service administrative proceeding.
The Court finds that the qualified immunity defense as to defendant Carmen Bray was
WAIVED because it was not raised as an affirmative defense in his answer to the plaintiffs’
complaint.

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It is further ORDERED that the defendants’ Motion to Quash Trial Subpoenas (Rec. Doc.
No. 88) is GRANTED in part as to Dr. Marvin Yates and DENIED in part as to Dr. John Crain.
It is further ORDERED that the defendants’ Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record
(Rec. Doc. No. 91) for Michael Prescott is DENIED.
It is further ORDERED that the defendants’ Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record
(Rec. Doc. No. 92) for Kevin Knudsen is GRANTED as to Attorney Dale Williams.
New Orleans, Louisiana this 10th day of March, 2016.

__________________________________________
KAREN WELLS ROBY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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