Titlecraft, Inc. v. National Football League et al

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PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER: Amended Pleadings due by 9/30/2010. Discovery due by 2/28/2011. Motions (non-disp) due 2/28/2011. Motions (disp) due by 7/1/2011. Ready for trial due by 10/1/2011. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jeffrey J. Keyes on 08/17/2010. (MMP)

Titlecraft, Inc. v. National Football League et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA ________________________________ Titlecraft, Inc., Plaintiff, v. National Football League, et al., Defendant. ________________________________ Pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court, and in order to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of this action, the following schedule shall govern these proceedings. This schedule may be modified only upon formal motion and a showing of good cause as required by Local Rule 16.3. DISCOVERY DEADLINES AND LIMITS 1. 2. All pre-discovery disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1) shall be completed on or before August 13, 2010. All motions which seek to amend the pleadings or to add parties must be filed and served on or before September 30, 2010. Fact discovery shall be commenced in time to be completed on or before February 28, 2011. No more than a total of 10 interrogatories, counted in accordance with Rule 33(a), shall be served by each side. No more than 25 document requests and no more than 25 requests for admissions shall be served by each side. PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER Civil No. 10cv00758 RHK/JJK

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No more than 5 depositions, excluding expert witness depositions, shall be taken by each side. Non-dispositive motions and supporting documents, including those which relate to fact discovery, shall be filed and served on or before February 28, 2011. Each side may call up to 2 expert witnesses. Disclosure of the identity of expert witnesses under Rule 26(a)(2)(A) and the full disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(2)(B), accompanied by the written report prepared and signed by the expert witness, shall be made as follows: a. Identities by the party asserting the claim that is the subject of the expert opinion on or before February 28, 2011. Reports by the party asserting the claim that is the subject of the expert opinion on or before March 31, 2011. Identities by the party responding to the claim that is the subject of the expert opinion on or before March 31, 2011. Reports by the party responding to the claim that is the subject of the expert opinion on or before April 29, 2011.

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Each side may take one deposition per expert. Expert discovery, including depositions, shall be completed by May 20, 2011. All non-dispositive motions and supporting documents which relate to expert discovery shall be filed and served on or before May 20, 2011.

NON-DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS: GUIDELINES All non-dispositive motions shall comply with the Electronic Case Filing Procedures for the District of Minnesota, with Local Rules 7.1 and 37.1, and be in the form prescribed by Local Rule 37.2. The "Meet and Confer" requirement should include attempts to do so through personal contact, rather than solely through correspondence. All non-dispositive motions shall be scheduled for hearing by calling Jackie Phipps, Judicial Assistant to Magistrate Judge Keyes, at 651/848-1180, prior to filing, except when all parties are in 2

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agreement that no hearing is required. Such an agreement shall be expressly set forth in the notice of motion. Counsel are advised not to notice additional motions for hearing on an already existing hearing date without first contacting the Court for permission to do so. All motions must be filed and served within the time periods set forth in the local rules. DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS: GUIDELINES AND DEADLINES All dispositive motions shall be served, filed and heard by July 1, 2011. Counsel are reminded that they must anticipate the time required for scheduling this hearing by calling Deborah Siebrecht, Calendar Clerk to the Honorable Richard H. Kyle at [phone]. All dispositive motions shall be scheduled, filed and served in compliance with the Electronic Case Filing Procedures for the District of Minnesota and in compliance with Local Rule 7.1. TRIAL This case shall be ready for a jury trial on October 1, 2011. The anticipated length of trial is 5 days. Dated: August 17, 2010

s/ Jeffrey J. Keyes
JEFFREY J. KEYES United States Magistrate Judge

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