Kforce Inc. v. Beacon Hill Staffing Group LLC, et al

Filing 22

MEMORANDUM AND PRE-HEARING ORDER (SEE ORDER FOR FURTHER DETAILS). IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is set for a preliminary injunction hearing on December 18, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 14-South. ( Motion Hearing set for 12/18/2014 09:00 AM in Courtroom 14S before District Judge Catherine D. Perry.) Signed by District Judge Catherine D. Perry on November 21, 2014. (MCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
KFORCE INC.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
BEACON HILL STAFFING GROUP
LLC., et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 4: 14 CV 1880 CDP

MEMORANDUM AND PRE-HEARING ORDER
As discussed with counsel during yesterday’s telephone conference,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this matter is set for a preliminary injunction hearing on
December 18, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 14-South.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for ruling [#16] is granted only to the extent
set out below, and the following schedule shall apply to the preliminary injunction hearing and will
be modified only upon a showing of exceptional circumstances:
1. Plaintiff shall file its motion for preliminary injunction with supporting memorandum,
which shall not exceed the page limitation imposed by local rule, by 5:00 p.m. on December 1,
2014. Defendants shall file their opposition to the motion for preliminary injunction, which shall
not exceed the page limitation imposed by local rule, by 5:00 p.m. on December 8, 2014.
2. Plaintiff shall propound its written discovery immediately. Defendants shall propound
any written discovery to plaintiff by no later than 12:00 p.m. on November 24, 2014. The parties
may each serve up to ten (10) written interrogatories and up to ten (10) document production
requests. These requests and notices may be served via facsimile or email, with service effective on
the day of transmission.
3. Defendants shall serve their responses to written discovery by 5:00 p.m. on December 3,
2014. Plaintiff shall serve its responses to written discovery within five (5) business days of
service and no later than 5:00 p.m.
4. All parties may immediately serve subpoenas on relevant non-parties and require the
production of any requested documents within ten (10) business days of service.
5. All parties may immediately notice depositions, and such depositions shall be completed
at least three (3) business days before the hearing on preliminary injunctive relief. To the extent
practicable, the parties agree that all depositions shall be conducted during the week of December 8,
2014.

No later than 12:00 noon on December 16, 2014, the parties shall file the following:
1. Witnesses:
A list of all proposed witnesses, identifying those witnesses who will be called to testify and
those who may be called, with a short synopsis of the subject matter of each witness’ testimony.
Except for good cause shown, no party will be permitted to call any witness not listed in compliance
with this Order.
2. Findings, Conclusions, and Trial Brief: Proposed complete and specific findings of fact
and conclusions of law, citing authorities in support of said party’s legal theories.
3. Bond Proposal: Plaintiff shall submit a bond proposal as required by Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 65(c).
4. Proposed Form of Relief: Plaintiff shall submit a proposed form of preliminary injunction
and e-mail a word processing version of this document to my judicial assistant.
Failure to comply with any part of this Order may result in the imposition of sanctions.

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CATHERINE D. PERRY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 21st day of November, 2014.

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