O'Keefe v. Beatrice Police Department et al

Filing 45

AMENDED PROGRESSION ORDER - All depositions, whether or not they are intended to be used at trial, shall be completed by July 31, 2017. All interrogatories, requests for admission and requests for production or inspection, whether or not they are int ended to be used at trial, shall be served on or before May 22, 2017. All motions to amend the pleadings shall be filed on or before July 3, 2017. The parties must comply with the provisions of NECivR 15.1 when moving to amend the pleadings. Motions to compel discovery shall be filed on or before August 14, 2017. The parties must comply with the provisions of NECivR 7.1(i) before filing a motion to compel. Dispositive Motions. All dispositive motions shall be filed on or before August 28, 2017. The parties must comply with the provisions of NECivR 7.1 and NECivR 56.1 when filing summary judgment motions. Defense counsel will have the primary responsibility for drafting the Order on Final Pretrial Conference, pursuant to the format and requi rements set out in NECivR 16.2(a)(2). The plaintiff will be responsible for cooperating in the preparation and signing of the final version of the Order. The Order should be submitted to the plaintiff and to any other parties by October 30, 2017. The plaintiff shall provide additions and/or proposed deletions to Defense counsel by November 13, 2017. Defense counsel shall submit the Proposed Order on Final Pretrial Conference to the court by no later than November 27, 2017. If a party proposes an addition or deletion which is not agreed to by all the other parties, that fact should be noted in the text of the document. The Proposed Order on Final Pretrial Conference must be signed by all pro se parties and by counsel for all represented part ies. The Final Pretrial Conference will be held before the Magistrate Judge on December 5, 2017, at 10 a.m. Prior to the pretrial conference, all items as directed in NECivR 16.2 and full preparation shall have been completed so that trial may begin at any time following the Pretrial Conference. If a plaintiff is held in an institution, the pretrial conference will be by telephone. In that case, Defense counsel shall contact the plaintiff's institution in advance and arrange to initiate and place the conference call. The trial date will be set by the Magistrate Judge at the time of the Final Pretrial Conference. The clerk of the court is directed to set a pro se case management deadline in this case using the following text: Pretrial conference before Magistrate Judge Cheryl Zwart to be held on December 5, 2017. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Cheryl R. Zwart. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (KLF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
BILLY O'KEEFE,
Plaintiff,

8:16CV29

vs.
AMENDED PROGRESSION ORDER
ROBERT SOLDO, JAY MURPHY,
JEFFREY RUTAN, ROB
SANDERSFELD, AND CITY OF
BEATRICE,
Defendants.
This matter is before the court on Plaintiff’s unopposed motion for a six month
continuance of all progression deadlines in this case. (Filing No. 38). Having found good
cause shown, the motion is granted.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that the progression order is amended as follows:

1.

All depositions, whether or not they are intended to be used at trial, shall be

completed by July 31, 2017. All interrogatories, requests for admission and requests for
production or inspection, whether or not they are intended to be used at trial, shall be
served on or before May 22, 2017.

2.

All motions to amend the pleadings shall be filed on or before July 3, 2017.

The parties must comply with the provisions of NECivR 15.1 when moving to amend
the pleadings.

3.

Motions to compel discovery shall be filed on or before August 14, 2017.

The parties must comply with the provisions of NECivR 7.1(i) before filing a motion to
compel.

4.

Dispositive Motions. All dispositive motions shall be filed on or before

August 28, 2017. The parties must comply with the provisions of NECivR 7.1 and
NECivR 56.1 when filing summary judgment motions.

5.

Pretrial Conference.

a.

Defense counsel will have the primary responsibility for drafting
the Order on Final Pretrial Conference, pursuant to the format and
requirements set out in NECivR 16.2(a)(2). The plaintiff will be
responsible for cooperating in the preparation and signing of the
final version of the Order. The Order should be submitted to the
plaintiff and to any other parties by October 30, 2017. The plaintiff
shall provide additions and/or proposed deletions to Defense
counsel by November 13, 2017. Defense counsel shall submit the
Proposed Order on Final Pretrial Conference to the court by no later
than November 27, 2017. If a party proposes an addition or
deletion which is not agreed to by all the other parties, that fact
should be noted in the text of the document. The Proposed Order on
Final Pretrial Conference must be signed by all pro se parties and
by counsel for all represented parties.

b.

The Final Pretrial Conference will be held before the Magistrate
Judge on December 5, 2017, at 10 a.m. Prior to the pretrial
conference, all items as directed in NECivR 16.2 and full
preparation shall have been completed so that trial may begin at any
time following the Pretrial Conference.

c.

If a plaintiff is held in an institution, the pretrial conference will be
by telephone. In that case, Defense counsel shall contact the
plaintiff’s institution in advance and arrange to initiate and place
the conference call.

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3.

The trial date will be set by the Magistrate Judge at the time of the Final

Pretrial Conference.

4.

The clerk of the court is directed to set a pro se case management deadline

in this case using the following text: Pretrial conference before Magistrate Judge Cheryl
Zwart to be held on December 5, 2017.

Dated this 23rd day of November, 2016
BY THE COURT:
s/ Cheryl R. Zwart
United States Magistrate Judge

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