Members of the Beede Site Group v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Filing 512

PRELIMINARY CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER: Court requests that all attorneys and unrepresented parties in this case attend a pretrial conference before US District Judge William E. Smith in the Jury Assembly Room at the United States Di strict Court for the District of Rhode Island, 1 Exchange Terrace, Providence, RI, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Topic to be discussed at the conference are outlined in this order. So Ordered by US District Judge William E Smith. (jeb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
MEMBERS OF THE BEEDE SITE GROUP,
Plaintiffs,
v.

C.A. No. 09-370 WES

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP.,
ET AL.,
Defendants.
PRELIMINARY CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
William E. Smith, United States District Judge.
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 16, this Court requests
that all attorneys and unrepresented parties in the abovecaptioned matter attend a pretrial conference at the United
States District Court in Providence, Rhode Island, on Tuesday,
June 7, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.

Topics to be discussed at this

conference will include but are not limited to the following:
• Identification of legal and factual issues to be adjudicated
• Status of related litigation
• Selection of lead counsel or committee for defendants
• Pro Se defendants
• Final deadline for answers and/or responsive motions
• Bifurcation
• Status of defaulted defendants
• Rule 26(f) Discovery plan: prediscovery disclosure; extent
and scope of discovery; expert discovery
• Scheduling: preparation of scheduling order; timetable for

summary judgment motions; date and agenda for next conference
• Settlement process: status of settlement negotiations;
identification of settlement methodology; ADR
It is so ordered.

/s/ William E. Smith
William E. Smith
United States District Judge
Date: May 2, 2011