King v. Safeco Insurance Company of America

Filing 17

Order Adopting Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan with Changes and Setting Case Management Deadlines by Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa. Plaintiff's deadline to amend and join additional parties is 1/15/2018; Defendant's dea dline to amend and join additional parties is 2/15/2018; Plaintiff's Expert Witness List due by 3/15/2018; Defendant's Expert Witness List due 4/16/2018; Discovery terminates 5/14/2018; Discovery Motions Due 6/4/2018; Pretrial Motions due by 6/14/2018; Pretrial order from Plaintiff to Defendant due by by 8/27/2018, and from Defendant to the Court by 9/10/2018. (tkl) Modified document type on 12/15/2017 (am).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
GEORGE E. KING,
Plaintiff,
vs.

Civ. No. 17-1053 RB/KK

SAFECO INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
Defendant.

ORDER ADOPTING JOINT STATUS REPORT AND
PROVISIONAL DISCOVERY PLAN WITH CHANGES AND
SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES
THIS MATTER came before the Court on a Rule 16 scheduling conference held on
December 14, 2017. Following a review of the attorneys’ Joint Status Report and Provisional
Discovery Plan filed on November 29, 2017, and after conferring with counsel, the Court adopts
the Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan modified as follows: Depositions of
parties, Rule 30(b)(6) designees and experts are limited to seven (7) hours, and depositions of all
other witnesses are limited to four (4) hours, unless extended by agreement of the parties.
The following case management deadlines have been set:
a)

b)

c)
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Deadline for Plaintiff to amend and join additional
parties by written consent or to seek leave of the
court to amend and join additional parties in
compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2):

January 15, 2018

Deadline for Defendant to amend and join additional
parties by written consent or to seek leave of the
court to amend and join additional parties in
compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2):

February 15, 2018

Plaintiff’s Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosure1:

March 15, 2018

Parties must disclose the names of all expert witnesses, the subject matter on which the experts will present
evidence, and a summary of the facts and opinions to which the experts are expected to testify by this date. Experts

d)

Defendant’s Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosure1:

April 16, 2018

e)

Termination date for discovery:

May 14, 2018

f)

Motions relating to discovery to be filed by:

June 4, 2018

g)

Pretrial motions other than discovery motions (including
motions which may require a Daubert hearing) filed by:

June 14, 2018

Pretrial Order: Plaintiff to Defendant by:
Defendant to Court by:

August 27, 2018
September 10, 2018

h)

Any extension of the case management deadlines must be approved by the Court. Any
requests for additional discovery must be submitted to the Court by motion prior to the
expiration of the discovery. The parties will supplement their disclosures or discovery responses
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e)(1) within thirty days of learning any disclosure or response is incomplete
or incorrect. After the close of discovery, parties must supplement their disclosures or discovery

responses as soon as possible, but no later than seven (7) days after learning of the need to
supplement. A settlement conference will be scheduled by separate order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

__________________________________________
KIRTAN KHALSA
United States Magistrate Judge

who are retained or specifically employed to provide expert testimony must also submit an expert report by this date.
See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2). The parties must have their retained expert(s) ready to be deposed at the time they
identify them and provide their reports. Expert witnesses who are not required to provide a written report may be
deposed before summary disclosure.

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