Saalfrank v. Alton, Town of et al

Filing 101

PROCEDURAL ORDER re: Discovery Disputes. Signed by Judge Joseph N. Laplante. (cmp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Kenneth P. Saalfrank v. Town of Alton, et al. PROCEDURAL ORDER All future discovery disputes will be handled by the undersigned judge, as opposed to the Magistrate Judge, in the normal course. No motion to compel is necessary. The party or Civil No. 08-cv-46-JL

counsel seeking discovery-related relief should confer with adverse counsel to choose mutually available dates, and then contact the Deputy Clerk to schedule a conference call with the court. The court will inform counsel and parties what written

materials, if any, should be submitted in advance of the conference call. Customary motions to compel discovery, while disfavored by the undersigned judge, are nonetheless permissible. If counsel

prefer traditional discovery litigation to the conference call procedure set forth above, any such motion to compel should expressly request, in the title of the motion, a referral to the United States Magistrate Judge. normally be granted. Such referral requests will

SO ORDERED.

Joseph N. Laplante United States District Judge Dated: cc: October 27, 2009

Jeffrey C. Spear, Esq. Robert S. Carey, Esq. Charles P. Bauer, Esq. Jeanne P. Herrick, Esq. Catherine M. Costanzo, Esq. K. Joshua Scott, Esq. William G. Scott, Esq. Brian J.S. Cullen, Esq. Tara A. Latour, pro se

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