Hess v. City of Huber Heights Municipality et al

Filing 13

ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE: Pretrial Telephone Conference set for 1/6/2014 at 2:00 PM before Magistrate Judge Michael J Newman. Signed by Magistrate Judge Michael J Newman on 11/18/13. (cib1)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON
GLEN A. HESS,
Plaintiff,

Case No.: 3:13-CV-312

vs.
CITY OF HUBER HEIGHTS
MUNICIPALITY, et al.,

District Judge Walter H. Rice
Magistrate Judge Michael J. Newman

Defendants.
ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
This pro se case was referred to the undersigned U.S. Magistrate Judge under 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b). See General Order No. Day 12-03: Assignment and Reference to Magistrate Judges
(eff. May 15, 2012). Accordingly, the undersigned, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16, hereby
schedules the preliminary pre-trial conference in this case for Monday, January 6, 2014 at 2:00
p.m. Pro se Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants are directed to call 1-877-336-1839, enter
access code 2725365 and security code 123456, and wait for the Court to join the conference.
If the above-listed date or time conflicts with a previously set matter in another court,
counsel with the conflict may obtain a continuance by filing a motion that includes alternative
dates on which all parties will be available.
Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26, all parties to this case are required to: (1) make Initial
Disclosures as required by Rule 26(a); and (2) confer with the other parties to plan discovery
under Rule 26(f). Because Plaintiff is a pro se litigant, Defendants’ counsel are directed to
initiate the telephone call to Plaintiff to plan discovery under Rule 26(f).
The discovery conference must be held at least twenty-one days before the pre-trial

conference with the Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). Not later than fourteen days after the
discovery conference, the parties must submit the “Rule 26(f) Report of the Parties” to the Court
in the form shown on the Court’s website. Unless otherwise agreed in the Rule 26(f) Report, the
parties must make the disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1) not later than fourteen
days after the discovery conference. Rule 26(a)(1) Initial Disclosures are NOT to be filed
with the Court. It is only necessary to file the Rule 26(f) Report of the Parties within the
required time.
Plaintiff, as a pro se litigant without access to the Court’s electronic filing system, is
reminded that all documents filed with the Court must be contemporaneously mailed to the
counsel for Defendants, and must include a Certificate of Service indicating the date on which
the document was mailed. Plaintiff is also ordered to inform the Court and opposing counsel,
immediately and in writing, of any changes to his mailing address and/or telephone number. A
failure to do so may be cause for the Court to dismiss this case for Plaintiff’s lack of prosecution.
The Court’s website (www.ohsd.uscourts.gov) contains copies of the Court’s Local
Rules, applicable General Orders, and the form for the Rule 26(f) Report of the Parties. If you do
not have the ability to access the website, please contact the Clerk’s Office at [phone].

November 18, 2013

s/ Michael J. Newman
United States Magistrate Judge

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