Goheen v. BNSF Railway Company

Filing 27

ORDER adopting in part 26 Stipulation to Modify Scheduling/Discovery Plan and Continue Trial Date. Discovery due by 3/1/2013. Plaintiff(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 2/1/2013. Defendant(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 12/30/2012. Discovery depositions of expert witnesses to be completed by 4/19/2013. By Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. (KT)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
Ramona Goheen,

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ORDER ADOPTING IN PART
Plaintiff,
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STIPULATION TO MODIFY
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SCHEDULING/DISCOVERY PLAN
vs.
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AND CONTINUE TRIAL DATE
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BNSF Railway Company, a Delaware
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Corporation,
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Case No. 4:11-cv-021
Defendant.
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Before the court is a Stipulation to Modify Scheduling/Discovery Plan and Continue Trial
Date. The court ADOPTS in part the parties’ stipulation (Docket No. 26). The court’s scheduling
order shall be amended as follows.
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The parties shall have until March 1, 2013, to complete fact discovery and to file
discovery motions.

4.

The parties shall provide the names of expert witnesses and complete reports under
Rule 26(a)(2) as follows: The plaintiff shall have until February 1, 2013, to serve
expert witness disclosures compliant with the language of Rule 26(a)(2), and the
defendant shall have until December 30, 2012, to serve expert witness disclosures
compliant with the language of Rule 26(a)(2). (Treating physicians need not prepare
reports, only qualifications, unless they will express opinions not reflected in the
medical records.) (Reports to be served on other parties, but not filed with the court.)

5.

The parties shall have until April 19, 2013, to complete discovery depositions of
expert witnesses.

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The trial remains set for September 16, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. CDT in Bismarck before Judge
Hovland (Courtroom #1). The dispositive motion deadline remains May 1, 2013.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 26th day of September, 2012.

/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr.
United States Magistrate Judge

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