Malmquist et al v. Horizon Resources

Filing 24

ORDER adopting 23 Stipulation to Amend Deadlines. Pretrial deadlines shall be amended as follows: Amended Pleadings due by 9/1/2015, except that amendments re punitive damages due by 12/1/2015; Discovery due by 12/15/2015; Plaintiff(s) Initia l Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 12/1/2015; Defendant(s) Initial Expert Witness Disclosures and Reports due by 1/1/2016; Plaintiff(s) Rebuttal Disclosures due by 2/1/2016; Joinder of Parties due by 10/1/2015; and Discovery Depositions fo Experts due by 4/1/2016. By Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. (BG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
Mark “Casey” Malmquist and Natalie
Johnson,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Horizon Resources, a North Dakota
cooperative association,
Defendant.

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ORDER

Case No. 4:14-cv-145

Before the court is a “Stipulation to Amend Scheduling Order” filed by the parties on June
15, 2015. The court ADOPTS the parties’ stipulation (Docket No. 23). The pretrial deadlines shall
be amended as follows:
1.

The parties shall have until December 15, 2015, 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) shall be extended as follows:
a.

Plaintiffs shall provide initial expert disclosures by December 1,
2015.

b.

Defendant shall provide initial expert disclosures by January 1, 2016.

c.

Plaintiffs shall provide rebuttal disclosures by February 1, 2016.

3.

The parties shall have until October 1, 2015, to join additional parties.

4.

The parties shall have until September 1, 2015, to amend the pleadings to add claims
or defenses, except for claims for punitive damages for which the deadline shall be
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December 1, 2015.
5.

The parties shall complete discovery depositions of expert witnesses by April 1,
2016.

All other pretrial deadlines set forth in the court’s February 2, 2015, scheduling order shall remain
in effect.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 22nd day of June, 2015.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr., Magistrate Judge
United States District Court

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