Pinke v. Kuntz et al

Filing 35

ORDER adopting in part 31 Stipulation re Amended Scheduling Discovery/Plan. Amended Pleadings due by 3/1/2019. Discovery due by 5/1/2019. Discovery Motions due by 5/1/2019. Plaintiff(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 5/3/2019. D efendant(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 7/7/2019. Joinder of Parties due by 2/1/2019. Dispositive Motions due by 8/2/2019. Threshold Motions due by 3/1/2020. Bench Trial set for 1/22/2020 at 9:00 AM in Bismarck Courtroom 1 before C hief Judge Daniel L. Hovland. Final Pretrial Conference set for 1/7/2020 at 11:00 AM by telephone before Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. By Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. (FPT and bench trial previously set for 8/20/2019 and 9/04/2018, respectively) (BG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Kathryn Lynn Pinke,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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Shawn Kuntz, individually and in his
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capacity as Superintendent of the Wishek )
Public School District; and Curt Meidinger, )
Melissa Kaseman-Wolf, Bruce Herr,
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Trina Schilling, and Dynette Ketterling,
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individual and in their capacities as
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members of the Wiskek Public
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School Board,
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Defendants.
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ORDER AMENDING PRETRIAL
DEADLINES AND CONTINUING
THE FINAL PRETRIAL
CONFERENCE AND BENCH TRIAL

Case No. 1:18-cv-024

The court ADOPTS the parties’ Amended Scheduling/Discovery Order (Doc. No. 31) in part
and AMENDS the pretrial deadlines as follows:
1.

The parties shall make their Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures by January 2, 2019.

2.

The parties shall have until May 1, 2019, to complete fact discovery and to file
discovery motions.

3.

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

4.

Plaintiffs by May 3, 2019; and
Defendants by July 7, 2019.

The parties shall have until July 26, 2019, to complete discovery depositions of
expert witnesses.

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5.

The parties shall have until February 1, 2019, to move to join additional parties.

6.

The parties shall have until March 1, 2019, to move to amend pleadings to add
claims or defenses.

7.

The parties shall have until August 26, 2019, to file other nondispositive motions
(e.g., consolidation, bifurcation).

8.

The parties shall have until March 1, 2019, to file threshold motions (e.g.,
jurisdiction, qualified immunity, statute of limitations). Discovery shall not be
stayed during the pendency of such motions.

9.

The parties shall have until August 2, 2019, to file other dispositive motions
(summary judgment as to all or part of the case).

10.

Each party shall serve no more than 30 interrogatories, including subparts.

11.

Each side shall take no more than 10 discovery depositions.

12.

Depositions taken for presentation at trial shall be completed 15 days before trial.

The court further ORDERS that the final pretrial conference set for August 20, 2019, shall be
rescheduled for January 7, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. by telephone before the magistrate judge. The court
shall initiate the conference call. Finally, the court ORDERS that the bench trial set for September
4, 2019, shall be rescheduled for January 22, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. in Bismarck before Chief Judge
Hovland (courtroom #1, 2 days).
Dated this 20th day of December, 2018.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr., Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

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