IHealth Pharmacy LLC v Liberty Surplus Insurance Corporation

Filing 5

ORDER Requiring Parties to Submit a Joint Discovery Plan. (Response due by 12/16/2022) Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (AChu)

Case 2:22-cv-12587-TGB-EAS ECF No. 5, PageID.49 Filed 11/21/22 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
IHEALTH PHARMACY LLC,

2:22-CV-12587-TGB

Plaintiff,
vs.
LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE
CORPORATION,

ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES
TO SUBMIT A JOINT
DISCOVERY PLAN PURSUANT
TO FED. R. CIV. P. 26(f)

Defendant.
Counsel shall comply with Fed. R. Civ. Proc. Rule 26(f) and submit
to the Court a joint discovery plan on or before December 16, 2022. In
addition to the contents required under Rule 26(f), the joint discovery
plan shall contain a case summary that:
 Summarizes the background of the action, the principal
factual and legal issues for both sides, and the relief sought
by the plaintiff(s);
 Outlines the proposed discovery and proposes an appropriate
management plan, including a schedule setting discovery cutoff and trial dates; and
 Describes any outstanding or anticipated discovery disputes,
the bases for any objections, and any anticipated motions,
including dispositive motions;

Case 2:22-cv-12587-TGB-EAS ECF No. 5, PageID.50 Filed 11/21/22 Page 2 of 2

The proposed discovery plan and case summary shall be filed with
the Court.
The parties are directed to discuss the following during their discovery
plan conference:
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The issues and narrowing the issues;
Subject matter jurisdiction;
Relationship to other cases;
Necessity of amendments to pleadings, additional
parties, third-party complaints, etc.;
Settlement, including alternative dispute resolution;
Progress of discovery (counsel are instructed to
commence significant discovery prior to the
conference);
Issues which may appropriately be resolved by motion;
and
Estimated trial length.

Counsel are

directed to

discuss case

evaluation

(formerly

mediation ) with their clients, and the prospect of obtaining authority
to stipulate to be bound by the provisions of Mich. Ct. R. 2.403,
including the section dealing with sanctions.
DATED this 21st day of November, 2022.
BY THE COURT:
/s/Terrence G. Berg
TERRENCE G. BERG
United States District Judge