SMITH v. FAIRBANK FARMS INC et al

Filing 263

ORDER & NOTICE DESIGNATING A LEAD DOCKET FOR THE CONSOLIDATED TRIAL By JUDGE GEORGE Z. SINGAL. (lrc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
MARGARET LONG,
Plaintiff,
v.
FAIRBANK FARMS
RECONSTRUCTION CORP.,
Defendant & Third-Party
Plaintiff
v.
GREATER OMAHA PACKING
COMPANY, INC.,
Third-Party Defendant.

ALICE SMITH,
Plaintiff,
v.
FAIRBANK FARMS
RECONSTRUCTION CORP.,
Defendant & Third-Party
Plaintiff
v.
GREATER OMAHA PACKING
COMPANY, INC.,
Third-Party Defendant.

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ORDER & NOTICE DESIGNATING A LEAD DOCKET
FOR THE CONSOLIDATED TRIAL
On August 15, 2011, this Court consolidated the claims remaining for trial in Long v.
Fairbank Farms Reconstruction Corp., (D. Me. Docket # 1:09-cv-592-GZS) and Smith v.
Fairbank Farms Reconstruction Corp., (D. Me. Docket # 2:10-cv-60-GZS). As discussed at the
October 4, 2011 Conference of Counsel, the Court now hereby designates the Docket in 1:09-cv592 (the “Long Docket”) as the lead docket for purposes of the upcoming trial. Counsel are
hereby ORDERED that all future trial-related filings shall be filed only on the Long Docket.
The parties are hereby notified that for any filings made on or after September 30, 2011 the
Court will only review filings made on the Long Docket.
Counsel and interested parties reviewing the Docket No. 2:10-cv-60-GZS (the “Smith
Docket”) are hereby directed to the Long Docket to review trial-related submissions, orders and
docket entries made on or after October 4, 2011. The Court considers all of the trial-related
docket entries found on the Long Docket following this Order & Notice to be incorporated into
the Smith Docket for purposes of any later motion or appeal. To the extent any party has made a
substantively different trial-related filing on the Smith Docket on or after September 30, 2011,
they shall re-file that document on the Long Docket for the Court’s review. At the conclusion of
the trial, the Court will file any verdict form and a final judgment on the Smith docket.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ George Z. Singal
United States District Judge
Dated this 4th day of October, 2011.

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