Podrebarac v. Minot State University

Filing 19

ORDER adopting 16 Stipulation to extend deadlines in the scheduling/discovery plan and continuing final pretrial conference and trial. Discovery due by 8/1/2018. Discovery Motions due by 8/1/2018. Plaintiff(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and R eports due by 8/1/2018. Defendant(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 9/1/2018. Amendments re claims for punitive damages due by 9/1/2018. Discovery depositions of expert witnesses due by 10/1/2018. Dispositive Motions due by 9/1/2018 . Final Pretrial Conference REset for 4/9/2019 at 11:00 AM by telephone before Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller Jr. Jury Trial REset for 4/22/2019 at 11:30 PM in Bismarck Courtroom 1 before Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland (5 days). By Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. (FPT and jury trial previously set for 11/27/2018 and 12/10/2018). (BG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Sally E. Podrebarac,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Minot State University,
Defendant.

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ORDER

Case No. 1:17-cv-019

The court held a status conference with the parties by telephone on May 3, 2018. Pursuant
to its discussion with the parties, the court ADOPTS the Stipulation to Extend Deadlines in the
Scheduling and Discovery Plan (Doc. No. 16) and AMENDS the pretrial deadlines as follows:
1.

The parties shall have until August 1, 2018, to complete fact discovery and to file
discovery motions.

2.

The parties shall provide the names of expert witnesses and complete reports under
Rule 26(a)(2) as follows:
a.

Plaintiff shall provide Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures on or before
August 1, 2018; and

b.

Defendants shall provide Rule 26(a)(2) disclosures on or before September
1, 2018.

3.

The parties shall have until October 1, 2018, to complete discovery depositions of
expert witnesses.

4.

The parties shall have until September 1, 2018, to move to amend pleadings to add
claims for punitive damages.

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5.

The parties shall have until September 1, 2018, to file other dispositive motions
(summary judgment as to all or part of the case).

The final pretrial conference set for November 27, 2018, shall be rescheduled for April 9, 2019, at
11:00 a.m. CDT by telephone before the magistrate judge. The court shall initiate the conference
call. The jury trial set for December 10, 2018, shall be rescheduled for April 22, 2019, at 1:30 p.m.
in Bismarck (Courtroom #1) before Chief Judge Hovland. A five (5) day trial is anticipated.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 3rd day of May, 2018.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr., Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

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