Salopek v. Zurich American Life Insurance Company

Filing 64

ORDER granting 63 Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order and Extend Deadline to File Motions to Compel by Chief Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Garza. All Discovery due by 7/18/19. Pretrial Motions due by 8/22/19. Proposed Pretrial Order due to the Court by 10/10/19. (atc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
MARCIE SALOPEK,
Plaintiff,
v.

CV No. 18-339 JAP/CG

ZURICH AMERICAN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY SCHEDULING ORDER
AND EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE MOTIONS TO COMPEL
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Modify
Scheduling Order and Extend Deadline to Compel Responses to Parties’ First Sets of
Discovery, (Doc. 63), filed October 25, 2018. The parties state there have been delays
in setting a deposition that is necessary to determine jurisdictional issues relating to
Plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint. The Court, having considered the Motion,
noting it is unopposed, and being otherwise fully advised, finds that the Motion is welltaken and should be GRANTED.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Modify
Scheduling Order and Extend Deadline to Compel Responses to Parties’ First Sets of
Discovery, (Doc. 63), is GRANTED, and the parties’ deadlines are extended as follows:
1. Deadline to file motions to compel related to each of the parties’ first sets of
discovery requests is extended to November 16, 2018.
2. Fact discovery shall be completed by March 28, 2019.

3. Plaintiff shall identify expert witness(es) to be used at trial and provide expert
reports by April 9, 2019.
4. All other parties shall identify expert witness(es) to be used at trial and
provide expert reports by June 4, 2019.
5. Expert depositions shall be completed by July 11, 2019.
6. All discovery shall be completed by July 18, 2019.
7. Motions relating to discovery shall be filed by August 8, 2019.
8. Pretrial motions, other than those relating to discovery, shall be filed by
August 22, 2019.
Counsel are directed to file a consolidated final Pretrial Order as follows: Plaintiff to
Defendant on or before September 26, 2019; Defendant to the Court on or before
October 10, 2019.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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THE HONORABLE CARMEN E. GARZA
CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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