Margaret McGuinn v. J.L Gray Company, Inc.

Filing 47

SCHEDULING ORDER: by Magistrate Judge Kevin R. Sweazea. Discovery due by June 3, 2022. Dispositive Motions due by August 11, 2022. Proposed Pretrial Order due to the Court by October 20, 2022. (atc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel.
MARGARET MCGUINN,
Plaintiff-Relator,
v.

Case No. 2:20-cv-31 KG/KRS

J.L. GRAY COMPANY, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
SCHEDULING ORDER
THIS MATTER comes before the Court following a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling
conference held on June 3, 2021. At the hearing, the Court adopted the parties’ proposed Joint
Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan, with slight modifications, as reflected in the dates
below
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall adhere to the following
discovery plan:
(a) Maximum of twenty-five (25) interrogatories by each party to any other party, with
responses due 30 days after service.
(b) Maximum of twenty-five (25) requests for admission by each party to any other party,
with responses due thirty (30) days after service.
(c) Maximum of twenty-five (25) depositions by Plaintiff-Relator and twenty-five (25)
by Defendants. Each deposition (other than of 30(b)(6) deponents) limited to
maximum of seven (7) hours unless extended by agreement of the parties.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following case management deadlines shall
govern:
(a)

Deadline for Plaintiff to amend pleadings and join additional parties pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 15: July 6, 2021;

(b)

Deadline for Defendants to amend pleadings and join additional parties pursuant to Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 15: July 6, 2021;

(c)

Deadline for Plaintiff’s expert reports: June 3, 2022;

(d)

Deadline for Defendants’ expert reports: July 5, 2022;

(e)

Termination of discovery: June 3, 2022;

(f)

Deadline for supplementing discovery/disclosures: By the close of discovery;

(g)

Motions relating to discovery: June 17, 2022;

(h)

All other motions:1 August 11, 2022;

(i)

Pretrial order:

Plaintiff to Defendant by: October 6, 2022;
Defendant to Court by: October 20, 2022.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court must approve any changes to the timing or
scope of discovery, other than the parties’ agreement to extend the length of a deposition made
during the deposition in question. Requests by a party to change the timing or scope of
discovery, other than a mutual agreement to extend a deposition reached during the deposition,
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 which ensures that the

1

This deadline applies to motions related to the admissibility of experts or expert testimony that
may require a Daubert hearing, but otherwise does not apply to motions in limine. The Court will
set a motions in limine deadline in a separate order.
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response to that request is 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 twentyone (21) day time period under Local Rule 26.6 to challenge a party’s objections to answering
discovery. The parties are encouraged to review Federal Rule of Civil 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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