Kowitz v. Trinity Health et al

Filing 14

ORDER adopting 12 Stipulation to Amend Scheduling/Discovery Plan. Discovery due by 4/1/2014. Plaintiff(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 5/1/2014. Defendant(s) Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 6/16/2014. Expert depositions due by 7/15/2014. Dispositive Motions due by 7/1/2014. Threshold Motions due by 10/30/2013. By Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr.(KT)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
Roberta Kowitz,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Trinity Health, Douglas Reinertson, and
Mark Waldera,
Defendants.

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ORDER ADOPTING
STIPULATION TO AMEND
SCHEDULING/DISCOVERY PLAN

Case No. 4:13-cv-017

Before the court is a Stipulation and an Amended Scheduling/Discovery Plan filed October
14, 2013. The court ADOPTS in part the stipulation (Docket No. 12) and ORDERS the
Scheduling/Discovery Plan (Docket No. 9) AMENDED as follows:
1.

The parties shall have until April 1, 2014 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.
B.

3.

Plaintiff by May 1, 2014; and
Defendants by June 16, 2014.

The parties shall have until July 15, 2014 to complete discovery depositions of
expert witnesses.

4.

The proposed Amended Scheduling/Discovery Plan lists a threshold motions
deadline of October 30, 2014. However, the parties shall have until October 30,
2013, to file threshold motions (e.g., jurisdiction, qualified immunity, statute of
limitations). Discovery shall not be stayed during the pendency of such motions.
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5.

The parties shall have until July 1, 2014 to file other dispositive motions (summary
judgment as to all or part of the case).

9.

Each party shall serve no more than 50 interrogatories, including subparts. No broad
contention interrogatories (i.e., “List all facts supporting your claim that . . .”) shall
be used. (Show good cause for more than 25 interrogatories allowed by Rule 33).

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 21st day of October, 2013.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr., Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

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