Eaton v. United States of America
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INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER: by Magistrate Judge Kevin R. Sweazea. Telephonic Rule 16(c) Hearing set for December 16, 2020 at 09:30. Joint Status Report due by December 8, 2020. Unless otherwise notified by the Clerk or the Court a notice of consent or non-consent for this case to proceed before the trial Magistrate Judge should be submitted by each party no later than November 16, 2020. (atc)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
ROGER V. EATON and GEORGIA B. EATON,
Plaintiff,
v.
No. 1:20-cv-399 SCY/KRS
UNITED STATES OF AMERCIA,
Defendant.
INITIAL SCHEDULING ORDER
This case is before the Court for scheduling, case management, discovery, and other nondispositive matters. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, as well as the Local
Rules of the Court, will apply to this lawsuit.
The parties, appearing through counsel or pro se, shall “meet and confer” no later than
December 1, 2020 to formulate a provisional discovery plan. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). As part
of this process, the parties are reminded that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) requires
them to exchange views on the “disclosure, discovery, or preservation of electronically
stored information, including the form or forms in which it should be produced.” The
parties have an attendant duty to preserve all electronically stored information that may be
discoverable in this case.
The time allowed for discovery is generally 120 to 180 days. The parties will cooperate
in preparing a Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan (“JSR”) that follows the
sample available on the Court’s website.1 The blanks for suggested/proposed dates in the JSR
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Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 06-173, the JSR replaces and supersedes the Provisional Discovery Plan and
the Initial Pretrial Report, effective January 2, 2007. The standardized Joint Status Report and Provisional
Discovery Plan is available at www.nmd.uscourts.gov/forms from the drop-down menu.
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are to be filled in by the parties. Actual dates will be promulgated by order of the Court to be
entered after the Rule 16 scheduling conference scheduled pursuant to this order. Plaintiff, or
Defendant in cases which have been removed from State District Court, is responsible for filing
the JSR by December 8, 2020.
Initial disclosures by a party pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)
shall be made within fourteen days after the meet-and-confer session.
A telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference will be conducted on December 16, 2020,
at 9:30 a.m. Counsel and parties pro se shall call (888) 398-2342 and enter access code
8193818 to be connected to the telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference. At the Rule 16
scheduling conference, counsel and parties pro se should be prepared to discuss discovery needs
and scheduling, all claims and defenses, the use of scientific evidence, whether a Daubert2
hearing is necessary, initial disclosures, and the time of expert disclosures and reports under
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2). The Court, counsel and parties pro se will also discuss
settlement prospects and alternative dispute resolution possibilities. In addition, the scheduling
conference participants will address consideration of consent by the parties to a United States
Magistrate Judge presiding over dispositive proceedings, including motions and trial, pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Parties represented by counsel may, but are not required to, attend the
telephonic scheduling conference.
If service on all parties is not complete, Plaintiff(s) appearing through counsel or pro se
is/are responsible for notifying all parties of the content of this order.
Good cause must be shown and the express written approval obtained from the Court for
any modifications of the dates in the scheduling order that issues from the JSR.
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Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579 (1993).
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Pretrial practice in this case shall be in accordance with the above.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
_____________________________________
KEVIN R. SWEAZEA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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