Peer v. Chico's FAS, Inc.
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SCHEDULING ORDER: by Magistrate Judge Kevin R. Sweazea. Discovery due by November 2, 2018. Motions related to discovery due by December 3, 2018; All other motions, including dispositive and Daubert motions, due by December 17, 2018. Proposed Pretrial Order due to the Court by February 21,2019. (cbf)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
BARBARA PEER,
Plaintiff,
v.
No. 2:18-cv-00150-MV-KRS
CHICO’S FAS, Inc.,
Defendant.
SCHEDULING ORDER
THIS MATTER comes before the Court following a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling
conference held on April 10, 2018. At the hearing, the Court adopted the parties’ proposed Joint
Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan as modified herein.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the parties shall adhere to the following
discovery plan:
(a) Maximum of 26 interrogatories per party with responses due 30 days after service.
(b) Maximum of 26 requests for admission per party with responses due 30 days after
service.
(c) The Court will not set a limit on the number of requests for production. In the event
the number becomes unreasonable, the agrreived party may seek relief with the Court.
(d) Maximum of four (4) depositions per party not to exceed four (4) hours except
depositions of experts and parties, or as otherwise extended by the mutual agreement
of the parties at the time of the deposition.
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following case management deadlines shall
govern:
(a) Deadline for Plaintiff to amend join other parties or amend pleadings pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15:
April 30, 2018;
(b) Deadline for Defendants to amend join other parties or amend pleadings pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15:
May 30, 2018;
(c) Plaintiff’s expert-disclosure deadline:
(d) Defendant’s expert-disclosure:
August 31, 2018;
September 28, 2018;
(e) Deadline for supplementing discovery/disclosures: within 30 days receiving new
information triggering an obligation to supplement.
(f) Termination of discovery:
November 2, 2018;
(g) Motions relating to discovery:
December 3, 2018;
(h) All other motions, including dispositive and Daubert motions:
(i) Pretrial order:
December 17, 2018;
Plaintiff to Defendant by: February 14, 2019;
Defendant to Court by: February 21, 2019.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court must approve any changes to the timing or
scope of discovery, except that the parties may agree at a deposition to extend that depostion.
Requests by a party to change the timing or scope of discovery must be made by motion and
before the termination of discovery or the expiration of any applicable deadline. Discovery must
be completed on or before the termination of the discovery deadline. A written discovery request
must be propounded by a date so that the response to that request shall be due on or before the
discovery deadline. The parties are further reminded that the cutoff for motions related to
discovery does not relieve the party of the 21-day time period under Local Rule 26.6 to challenge
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a party’s objections to answering discovery. The parties are encouraged to review Federal Rule
of Procedure 26(a)(2) to ensure they properly disclose all testifying
witnesses, not just those for whom a report is required.
______________________________
KEVIN R. SWEAZEA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Scheduling Order
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