Fried Alligator Films, LLC et al v. New York Life Insurance Company et al

Filing 68

ORDER AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER: The Final Pretrial Conference will be held on January, 8, 2019 at 10:00 AM in Judge Virden's Chambers before Magistrate Judge Jane M. Virden. Plaintiff shall designate expert witnesses by June 7, 2018; Defendants shall designate expert witnesses by June 20, 2018; Discovery shall be completed by July 6, 2018; and Dispositive and Daubert motions are due by July 20, 2018. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jane M. Virden on 3/21/18. (bfg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
GREENVILLE DIVISION
FRIED ALLIGATOR FILMS, LLC
AND JERRY TANKERSLEY
VS.

PLAINTIFFS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:16-cv-00175-DMB-JMV

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
DEFENDANTS
MICHAEL WILLIS AND
JOHN DOES 1-10
_____________________________________________________________________________
ORDER AMENDING CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
____________________________________________________________________________
This matter is before the Court following the [66] Telephonic Status Conference regarding
Case Management Order [19] amendments. Accordingly, the Court’s amendments are as follows:
I.

Discovery Provisions and Limitations.
A. Interrogatories are limited to 25 succinct questions.
B. Requests for Production are limited to 25 succinct questions.
C. Requests for Admissions are limited to 25 succinct questions.
D. Depositions are limited to the parties and no more than 5 fact witness
depositions per party without additional approval of the court.

II.

Further, the Final Pretrial Conference and Trial dates are as follows:
A. The trial in this case will be held on February 4, 2019.
B. The Final Pretrial Conference will be held on January, 8, 2019.
i. On or before January 2, 2019, the parties must report to the undersigned
all ADR efforts they have undertaken to comply with the Local Rules

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or provide sufficient facts to support a finding of just cause for failure
to comply. See L.U.Civ.R. 83.7(f)(3).
III.

Finally, the following Deadlines will control in this case:
A. Plaintiff shall designate expert witnesses by June 7, 2018;
B. Defendants shall designate expert witnesses by June 20, 2018;
C. Discovery shall be completed by July 6, 2018; and
D. Dispositive and Daubert motions are due by July 20, 2018. The deadline for
motions in limine is fourteen days before the pretrial conference; the deadline
for responses is seven days before the pretrial conference.

The parties are advised that no further extensions will be granted.
Counsel is further cautioned that they should begin arrangements for discovery and expert
designations forthwith.

SO ORDERED this, the 21st day of March, 2018.
/s/ Jane M. Virden
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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