Herrman v. BNSF Railway Company

Filing 16

ORDER granting 14 Motion to Amend Progression Order. Jury trial is set for January 14, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. before Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf. The Pretrial Conference is scheduled by Webex before Magistrate Judge Zwart on Ja nuary 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. An email will be sent to counsel of record with the instructions and codes for participating in the pretrial conference by WebEx. The telephonic conference will be held before Magistrate Judge Zwart on October 16, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Counsel for plaintiff shall place the call. Deposition deadline is December 3, 2012. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (DMS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
RONALD J. HERRMAN,
Plaintiff,
v.
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, A
Delaware Corporation,
Defendant.

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4:11CV3196

AMENDED
PROGRESSION ORDER

Pursuant to the Joint Motion to Amend Progression Order (filing 14), the progression
order filed on January 4, 2012 is amended as follows:
a.

A jury trial is set to commence before Judge Richard G. Kopf on January 14,
2013. No more than four days are allocated to the trial of this case and counsel
shall plan accordingly. This case is subject to the prior trial of criminal cases
and such other civil cases as may be scheduled for trial before this one.

b.

The Pretrial Conference is scheduled to be held before the undersigned
magistrate judge on January 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., and will be conducted by
WebEx conferencing. To facilitate this conferencing method, the parties'
proposed Pretrial Conference Order and Exhibit List(s) must be emailed to
[e-mail], in either Word Perfect or Word format, by 5:00 p.m.
on January 2, 2013. An email will be sent to counsel of record with the
instructions and codes for participating in the pretrial conference by WebEx.

c.

A telephonic conference with the undersigned magistrate judge will be held on
October 16, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss the status of case progression and
potential settlement. Counsel for plaintiff shall place the call.

d.

The deadline for completing discovery under Rules 33 through 36 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is July 16, 2012. Motions to compel Rule 33
through 36 discovery must be filed by July 1, 2012.

e.

The deadlines for identifying expert witnesses expected to testify at the trial
are:
For the plaintiff:
August 1, 2012
For the defendants:
September 3, 2012

f.

The deadlines for complete expert disclosures, (both retained experts, (Fed.
R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)), and non-retained experts, (Fed. R.Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(C)),
are:
For the plaintiff:
For the defendants:

September 14, 2012.
October 15, 2012.

g.

The deposition deadline is December 3, 2012.

h.

The deadline for filing motions to exclude expert testimony on Daubert and
related grounds is November 15, 2012.

i.

The deadline for filing motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment
is October 1, 2012.

DATED this 17 th day of April, 2012.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
United States Magistrate Judge

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