In Re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1566)

Filing 2171

ORDER re 2164 Stipulation. Calendar Call set for 1/9/2017 09:00 AM in Courtroom to be determined. before Judge Robert C. Jones., Jury Trial set for 1/23/2017 10:00 AM in Courtroom to be determined. before Judge Robert C. Jones. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 10/8/15. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - TR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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IN RE WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE
NATURAL
GAS
ANTITRUST
LITIGATION,

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THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:

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MDL Docket No. 1566
Base Case No. 2:03-cv-01431-RCJ-PAL
ORDER
(Case Mgmt Sched – Dkt. #2164)

ALL ACTIONS

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The court conducted a status and scheduling conference on October 8, 2015, to discuss in

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part, the parties’ proposed Stipulated Case Management Schedule (Dkt. #2164). Gregory Bentz,

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Von Heinz, Thomas Brill, Gary McCallister, Isaac Diel, Melvin Goldstein, Jennifer Bacon,

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Melinda Bialzik and Russell Jones appeared on behalf of the Plaintiffs. Mark Robeck, Joshua

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Lichtman, Michael Kass, David Bryant, Michael Miguel, Michelle Goodman, Heather Beckham,

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Dean Mosier, Rebecca Mandel, D. Neal Tomlinson, Lisa Kass, Craig Fitzgerald, Bradley Weber,

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Joseph Fischer and Steven Soden appeared on behalf of the Plaintiffs. The court discussed the

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parties’ discovery needs. Upon hearing from counsel the court will grant the parties’ stipulated

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case management schedule as well as other deadlines. Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED that the parties’ Stipulated Case Management Schedule (Dkt. #2164)
is GRANTED as follows:
1. Defendants to respond to Certain Plaintiffs’ Second Joint Set of Interrogatories &
Fourth Set of Requests for Production of Documents: December 1, 2015.
2. Plaintiffs to file motions for class certification: January 11, 2016.

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3. Last date to complete fact discovery, subject to the reservations reflected in the record
or described above: February 1, 2016.1

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4. Plaintiffs to produce merits expert reports: February 22, 2016.

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5. Plaintiffs to respond to contention interrogatories: March 3, 2016.

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6. Last day for Defendants to complete depositions of Plaintiffs’ class certification

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declarants and file oppositions to class certification: April 13, 2016.

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7. Defendants to produce merits expert reports: May 6, 2016.

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8. Last day for Plaintiffs to complete depositions of Defendants’ class certification

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declarants and file replies in support of class certification: May 31, 2016.

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9. Parties’ rebuttal merits expert reports: July 8, 2016.

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10. Last day to complete expert depositions: August 22, 2016.

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11. Last day to file dispositive motions and motions and suggestions to remand: October

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3, 2016.

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12. Notwithstanding LR 26-4, and by agreement, the last day to file motions or

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stipulations to extend discovery in accordance with the requirements of LR 26-4:

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January 15, 2016.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that after hearing arguments of counsel at the status
conference regarding the parties’ disputes about dispositive motion deadlines:
13. Dispositive motions should be filed after the close of discovery based on a fully
developed record to avoid Rule 56(d) responses and related motion practice.

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14. Any dispositive motion filed earlier than October 3, 2016, shall address the need for

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decision before the close of discovery within the page limitations allowed under LR

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7-4.

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15. Responses to dispositive motions filed earlier than October 3, 2016, shall be due
November 3, 2016, unless Judge Jones orders otherwise.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to the direction of the district judge that this

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case be set for trial consistent with his case management practices, the Trial Date is set for

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January 23, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., with Calendar Call on January 9, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., before

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Judge Robert C. Jones.

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DATED this 8th day of October, 2015.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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