Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College et al

Filing 334

Joint MOTION to Amend September 1, 2016 Amended Scheduling Order by President and Fellows of Harvard College.(Ellsworth, Felicia)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON DIVISION STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Civil Action No. 1:14-cv-14176-ADB Defendant. JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER Plaintiff Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (“SFFA”) and Defendant President and Fellows of Harvard College (“Harvard”) hereby jointly move this Court for entry of an amended scheduling order. On September 1, 2016, the Court entered an Amended Scheduling Order governing fact discovery, expert discovery, and dispositive motions. Dkt. 180. On June 6, 2017, the Court extended the deadline for fact discovery from June 20, 2017, to August 4, 2017. To reflect that extension, the parties jointly seek an order revising the expert discovery and dispositive motion schedule as follows: 1. Plaintiff’s experts shall be designated and the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be disclosed by October 3, 2017. 2. Defendant’s experts shall be designated and the information required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) shall be disclosed by December 2, 2017. 3. Plaintiff’s rebuttal expert reports shall be disclosed by January 16, 2018. 4. Defendant’s rebuttal expert reports shall be disclosed by February 26, 2018. 1 5. All expert discovery, including expert depositions, shall be completed by May 1, 6. All dispositive motions under Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 shall be filed by June 15, 2018. 2018. Opposition briefs shall be filed by July 30, 2018. Reply briefs shall be filed by August 30, 2018. SFFA and Harvard respectfully request that the Court enter a revised scheduling order as described above. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Felicia H. Ellsworth Felicia H. Ellsworth (BBO #665232) William F. Lee (BBO #291960) Andrew S. Dulberg (BBO #675405) Elizabeth Mooney (BBO #679522) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Tel: (617) 526-6000 Fax: (617) 526-5000 felicia.ellsworth@wilmerhale.com william.lee@wilmerhale.com andrew.dulberg@wilmerhale.com elizabeth.mooney@wilmerhale.com Seth P. Waxman (pro hac vice) Paul R.Q. Wolfson (pro hac vice) Daniel Winik (pro hac vice) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 663-6800 Fax: (202) 663-6363 seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com paul.wolfson@wilmerhale.com daniel.winik@wilmerhale.com Debo P. Adegbile (pro hac vice) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 7 World Trade Center 2 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Tel: (212) 295-6717 Fax: (212) 230-8888 debo.adegbile@wilmerhale.com Dated: June 27, 2017 Paul M. Sanford BBO #566318 Benjamin C. Caldwell BBO #675061 BURNS & LEVINSON LLP One Citizens Plaza, Suite 1100 Providence, RI 02903 Tel: 617-345-3000 Fax: 617-345-3299 psanford@burnslev.com bcaldwell@burnslev.com Counsel for Defendant President and Fellows of Harvard College /s/ Patrick Strawbridge William S. Consovoy Thomas R. McCarthy Michael H. Park J. Michael Connolly CONSOVOY MCCARTHY PARK PLLC 3033 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700 Arlington, Virginia 22201 Tel: 703-243-4923 Fax: 703.243.4923 will@consovoymccarthy.com tom@consovoymccarthy.com park@consovoymccarthy.com mike@consovoymccarthy.com Patrick Strawbridge BBO #678274 CONSOVOY MCCARTHY PARK PLLC Ten Post Office Square 8th Floor South PMB #706 Boston, MA 02109 Tel: 617-227-0548 patrick@consovoymccarthy.com Dated: June 27, 2017 Counsel for Plaintiff Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. 3 CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE In accordance with Local Rule 7.1(a)(2), I hereby certify that SFFA joins in this motion and consents to the requested relief. /s/ Felicia H. Ellsworth Felicia H. Ellsworth CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that this document filed through the CM/ECF system will be sent electronically to all counsel of record via the CM/ECF system. /s/ Felicia H. Ellsworth Felicia H. Ellsworth 4

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