Fields v. Ashford et al

Filing 136

ORDER on Status Conference. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HRya)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
ANGELA J. FIELDS,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 17-cv-11812
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
PIERRE OCTAVIUS ASHFORD, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER ON STATUS CONFERENCE
On April 20, 2022, the Court issued an order that, among other things, (1)
granted Plaintiff Angela Fields’ motion to amend her witness list and name a new
vocational expert and (2) directed that the expert be made available for a deposition
by no later than May 30, 2022. (See Order, ECF No. 131.)
Fields has since retained Ronald Smolarski as her new vocational expert. On
May 17, 2022, the Court held an on-the-record video status conference with counsel
for all parties to discuss the scheduling of Mr. Smolarski’s deposition. For the
reasons explained on the record during the status conference, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED as follows:
 Mr. Smolarski shall be deposed by no later than June 3, 2022.
 Mr. Smolarski’s deposition may take place by video.

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 Mr. Smolarski shall provide Defendants with three dates that he is
available for deposition before June 3, 2022. One date may be May 17,
2022, at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Smolarski shall also provide Defendants with
two additional dates for his deposition. These two additional dates may
be outside of the traditional 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. workday, but they
shall not be on weekends. Finally, the two dates shall not be during the
week of May 23, 2022.
 If Mr. Smolarski cannot make himself available for a deposition as set
forth above, the Court will prohibit him from testifying at trial.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: May 17, 2022
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on May 17, 2022, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Ryan
Case Manager
[phone]

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