Waldron Engineering and Construction, Inc. v. Laidlaw Berlin Biopower LLC

Filing 15

ORDER approving 13 Discovery Plan. Length of Trial 7 - 10 days. Case Track: Standard - Modified. Counsel are considering a bench trial and will inform the court by 8/1/11. So Ordered by Judge Joseph N. Laplante. Summary Judgment Motions due by 6/3/2011. Dispositive Motion Filing Deadline 8/16/2010. (dae)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Waldron Engineering and Construction, Inc. v. Laidlaw Berlin Biopower, LLC Civil No. 10-cv-00130-JL

ORDER AFTER PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

The Preliminary Pretrial Conference was held in chambers on June 16, 2010. The Discovery Plan (document no. 13) is approved as submitted, with the following changes: · · Joinder of Additional Parties - October 1, 2010 Jury trial - October, 2011

Although both parties have requested a jury trial, both counsel have indicated that they are considering a bench trial, and will inform the court on or before August 1, 2011. Summary Judgment. The parties and counsel are advised that

compliance with Rule 56(e) and Local Rule 7.2(b), regarding evidentiary support for factual assertions, and specification and

delineation of material issues of disputed fact, will be required. Discovery disputes. 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

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

If the Magistrate Judge is recused,

alternate arrangements will be made.

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SO ORDERED. ____________________________ Joseph N. Laplante United States District Judge Dated: cc: June 16, 2010

Jonathan R. Hausner, Esq. Joseph A. Barra, Esq. Brian L. Michaelis, Esq. Cathryn E. Vaughn, Esq. Wilbur A. Glahn, III, Esq.

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