Whitaker v. Gates

Filing 43

ORDER: Telephone Conference held on 10/31/2013. Discovery deadline reset for 3/14/2014. Dispositive Motions deadline reset for 4/30/2014. Jury Trial reset for 10/7/2014 at 9:00 AM before Senior Judge John T. Nixon. Pretrial Conference reset for 9/26/2014 at 10:00 AM before Senior Judge John T. Nixon. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joe Brown on 10/31/13. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(dt)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
NANCY WHITAKER,
Plaintiff
v.
LEON E. PANETTA,
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,1
Defendant

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No. 3:11-0522
Judge Nixon/Brown
Jury Demand

O R D E R
A telephone conference was held with the parties in this
matter on October 31, 2013. A key witness for both sides went into
labor just as her deposition was scheduled to be taken in Atlanta.
They anticipate that she will be out through the first of the year,
at a minimum. The parties have an additional deposition plus that
of the Plaintiff to take and they believe that those depositions
need to be taken after they have completed the delayed deposition.
Accordingly, the scheduling order in this matter is
amended to provide that all discovery shall be completed by March
14, 2014. Dispositive motions will be filed on or before April 30,
2014.

Responses to dispositive motions shall be filed within 28

days after service. Briefs shall not exceed 25 pages without leave
of Court.

Optional replies, limited to five pages, shall be filed

within 14 days after service of the response.

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If dispositive

The current Secretary of Defense is The Honorable Chuck Hagel.

motions are filed early, the response and reply dates are moved up
accordingly.
After consulting with Judge Nixon’s chambers the present
trial and pretrial conferences dates set in Docket Entry 35 are
CANCELED and are reset for trial on October 7, 2014, at 9:00 a.m.
Judge Nixon will conduct the final pretrial conference on September
26, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Judge Nixon will issue a separate order
covering his requirements for the final pretrial conference and the
trial.
The Magistrate Judge briefly discussed the possibility of
alternative dispute resolution with counsel. The parties advised
that there is another EEOC case and that it appears they cannot
resolve this case until the EEOC completes its action on the
unrelated matter. The parties are advised that the Magistrate Judge
stands ready to assist with alternative dispute resolution at their
request at any point.
It is so ORDERED.
/s/ Joe B. Brown
JOE B. BROWN
United States Magistrate Judge

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