Reid v. Vericrest Financial

Filing 19

ORDER: Bench Trial set for 2/10/2015 at 9:00 AM before District Judge Kevin H. Sharp. Pretrial Conference set for 1/27/2015 at 9:30 AM before Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles. Exhibit List and Witness List due by 1/16/2015. Proposed Pretrial Order due by 1/16/2015. Signed by Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles on 3/27/14. (xc:Pro se party by regular and certified mail.)(DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(dt)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
ELYSIE J. REID

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VERICREST FINANCIAL

Civil Action No. 3:14-0069
Judge Sharp/Knowles

O R D E R
In a previous Order, this case was set for a bench trial on
Tuesday, February 10, 2015, beginning at 9:00 a.m. before the
Honorable Kevin H. Sharp.

Docket No. 16.

The final pretrial

conference is set for January 27, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. before
Magistrate Judge Knowles, in Courtroom 661, 801 Broadway,
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203.

All litigants who will participate

in the trial must attend the Final Pretrial Conference.
Litigants shall submit a Joint Proposed Pretrial Order to
the Court by January 16, 2015.

The Pretrial Order shall contain:

(1) a recitation that the pleadings are amended to conform to the
Pretrial Order and that the Pretrial Order supplants the
pleadings; (2) a statement of the basis for jurisdiction in this
Court; (3) a short summary of the Plaintiff’s theory (no more
than one page); (4) a short summary of the Defendant’s theory (no
more than one page); (5) a statement of the issues;(6) a succinct
statement of the relief sought; (7) a summary of any anticipated
evidentiary disputes; and (8) an estimate of the anticipated
length of the trial.

The parties shall also submit to the Court by January 16,
2015, the following:
(1)

witness lists in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P.
26(a)(3);

(2)

exhibit lists in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P.
26(a)(3); and

(3)

stipulations.

By January 6, 2015, the parties shall file any motions in
limine and any motions objecting to expert testimony.

Any

responses to such motion shall be filed by January 16, 2015.
Expert witness disclosures shall be made timely in
accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) or as otherwise ordered
by the Court.

Expert witness disclosure statements shall not be

supplemented after the applicable disclosure deadline, absent
leave of Court.

No expert witness shall testify beyond the scope

of his or her expert witness disclosure statement.

The Court may

exclude the testimony of an expert witness, or order other
sanctions, for violation of expert witness disclosure
requirements or deadlines.

The shall be no rebuttal expert

witnesses, absent leave of Court.
Responses to interrogatories, requests for production and
requests for admissions shall be supplemented timely, if
necessary, in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(e) no later than
thirty (30) days before trial, absent leave of Court.

The Court

may exclude evidence or order other sanctions, for violation of a

duty or deadline to supplement discovery responses.
By January 16, 2015, the parties shall file briefs on the
types of damages recoverable, and proposed findings of fact and
conclusions of law.
At the Final Pretrial Conference, litigants shall be
prepared to:
(1)

identify and discuss undisputed facts and issues;

(2)

discuss the status of discovery;

(3)

preview proposed testimony;

(4)

discuss expert testimony;

(5)

preview proposed exhibits;

(6)

discuss motions in limine;

(7)

discuss pretrial briefs; and

(8)

discuss settlement.

Pre-trial briefs shall be filed seven (7) working days prior
to trial.
There shall be no motions to continue filed after the date
of the Final Pretrial Conference absent extraordinary
circumstances.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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E. CLIFTON KNOWLES
United States Magistrate Judge