Polyzen, Inc. v. Radiadyne, LLC

Filing 34

ORDER GRANTING: 24 Joint Motion for Entry of Revised Discovery Plan. Discovery due 12/11/2015- Motions due 2/5/2016. The matter will be set for trial by separate order. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 7/28/2015. (O'Brien, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
No. 5:14-CV-323-D

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Polyzen, Inc.

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Plaintiff,

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RADIADYNE, LLC.,
Defendant

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SCHEDULING ORDER

On May 29, 2015 the parties filed a Motion for Entry of Revised Discovery Plan. That
Motion is GRANTED. The parties will conduct discovery in this matter in accordance with the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Revised Discovery Plan. Except as modified below,
the Discovery Plan is APPROVED AND ORDERED with the following critical deadlines:
1.

Reports from retained experts are due by September 18, 2015, and from rebuttal
experts by October 16, 2015;

2.

All discovery shall be completed by December 11, 2015;

3.

All potentially dispositive motions shall be filed by February 5, 2016; and

4.

At least twenty days before the final pretrial conference, all parties shall provide
to all other parties the pretrial disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3).
Ten days before the pretrial conference, any party may designate and serve any
objections to the disclosures. The parties' Rule 26(a)(3) disclosures and objections
shall be incorporated into the final pretrial order. The pretrial order shall be
submitted to the court five business days prior to the pretrial conference.

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The matter will be set for trial by separate order.

Any party who makes an appearance after this scheduling order has been entered shall be
required to confer with opposing counsel within twenty days after the party's appearance in the

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case. Such party will be bound by the discovery provisions contained in this order unless the
party petitions the court by motion to amend this order.
In addition, motions to join additional parties and to amend pleadings must be made
promptly after the information giving rise to the motion becomes known to the party or counsel.
Any such motion filed after May 29, 2015, must meet the standards of Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 and 16.
Finally, the parties are reminded that, on request, this court will assist with settlement
negotiations or other ADR such as summary jury trial by making available a judge other than the
trial judge to explore possibilities.

SO ORDERED. This~ day of=:f"~j' 2015.

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Chief United States District Judge

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