Park District City of Grand Forks v. Gripple Incorporated

Filing 41

ORDER adopting 40 Stipulation to Extend Deadlines. Amended Pleadings due by 9/1/2019, except amendments re punitive damages due by 12/1/2019. Discovery due by 12/1/2019. Discovery Motions due by 12/1/2019. Plaintiff(s) Expert Witness Discl osures and Reports due by 8/1/2019. Defendant(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 9/1/2019. Plaintiff(s) Rebuttal Expert Disclosures due by 10/1/2019. Joinder of Parties due by 9/1/2019. Dispositive Motions due by 1/1/2020. Other N ondispositive Motions due by 12/1/2019. Threshold Motions due by 8/1/2019. Final Pretrial Conference REset for 5/19/2020 at 10:00 AM by telephone before Magistrate Judge Clare R. Hochhalter. Jury Trial REset for 6/1/2020 at 9:00 AM in Fargo C ourtroom 1 before Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovland. Status Conference set for 9/10/2019 at 10:00 AM by telephone before Magistrate Judge Clare R. Hochhalter. By Magistrate Judge Clare R. Hochhalter. (FPT conference and Jury Trial previously set for 10/2/2019 and 10/15/2019) (BG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Park District City of Grand Forks,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Gripple Incorporated, Custom Aire,
Inc., and EAPS Architects/Engineers,
Defendants.

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ORDER

Case No. 3:18-cv-077

On May 27, 2019, the parties filed a Stipulation to Extend Deadlines. The court ADOPTS
the parties' stipulation (Doc. No. 40) and AMENDS the pretrial deadlines as follows:
1.

The parties shall make by Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures by July 1, 2019.

2.

The parties shall have until December 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.

Defendants' expert disclosures are due by September 1, 2019; and

c.
4.

Plaintiff's expert disclosures are due by August 1, 2019;

Rebuttal expert disclosures are due by October 1, 2019.

The parties shall have until November 1, 2019, to complete discovery depositions of
expert witnesses.

5.

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

6.

The parties shall have until September 1, 2019, to move to amend pleadings to add
claims or defenses, except for claims for punitive damages for which the deadline
shall be December 1, 2019.

7.

The parties shall have until December 1, 2019, to file other nondispositive motions
(e.g., consolidation, bifurcation).

8.

The parties shall have until August 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 January 1, 2020, to file other dispositive motions
(summary judgment as to all or part of the case).

A status conference shall be scheduled for September 10, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. The conference will
be conducted via telephone conference. To participate in the conference, counsel shall call the
following number and enter the following access code:
Tel. No.: [phone]
Access Code: 8992581
The final pretrial conference set for October 2, 2019, shall be rescheduled for May 19, 2020, at
10:00 a.m. via telephone. To participate in the conference, counsel shall call the aforementioned
number and enter the access code. The trial and pretrial conference set for October 15, 2019, shall
be rescheduled for June 1, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., respectively, in Fargo before Chief
Judge Hovland (courtroom #1). A four (4) day trial is anticipated.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 3rd day of June, 2019.
/s/ Clare R. Hochhalter
Clare R. Hochhalter, Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

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