Turner Machine Co., Inc. v. Valeo Lighting Systems North America, LLC

Filing 14

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER #2. Signed by Magistrate Judge Juliet E. Griffin on 7/31/14. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(dt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
TURNER MACHINE CO., INC.
v.
VALEO LIGHTING SYSTEMS
NORTH AMERICA, LLC

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No. 3-14-1301

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER # 2
By contemporaneously entered order, the Court has approved and entered the parties' agreed
case management order, with modifications addressed at the initial case management conference held
on July 28, 2014. Those modifications and other matters addressed on July 28. 2014, are as follows:
1.

All written discovery shall be propounded no later than November 17, 2014.

2.

Any discovery motion shall be filed by January 7, 2015.

3.

By February 23, 2015, the parties shall file a joint mediation report, indicating

whether they believe that there is potential for settlement and, if so, whether they believe that they
will be able to resolve the case themselves and, if not, whether they are interested in participating
in ADR, and, if so, in what format (private mediation or a settlement conference) and when.
4.

If, after receipt of any expert disclosures from the defendant and sufficiently in

advance of the March 2, 2015, deadline for completion of expert discovery, the plaintiff determines
that it will need to make rebuttal expert disclosures, counsel shall schedule a telephone conference
call with the Court to address a deadline for making such disclosures.
5.

If the parties are not able to reach an alternative agreement, the provisions of

Administrative Order No. 174, entitled "Default Standard for Discovery of Electronically Stored
Information ('E-Discovery')," entered July 9, 2007, shall apply.
6.

A subsequent case management conference will not be scheduled at this time.

However, the parties may schedule a telephone conference call with the Court or an in-court
proceeding at any time to address any appropriate matters.

7.

As provided in the contemporaneously entered order, any dispositive motion shall be

filed by April 1, 2015. Any response shall be filed within 21 days of the filing of the motion or by
April 22, 2015, if the motion is filed on April 1, 2015. Any reply, if necessary, shall be filed within
14 days of the filing of the response or by May 6, 2015, if the response is filed on April 22, 2015.
No other filings in support of or in opposition to any dispositive motion shall be made after
May 6, 2015, except with the express permission of the Honorable Kevin H. Sharp.
There shall be no stay of discovery before the January 7, 2015, deadline for completion of
fact discovery or the March 2, 2015, deadline for completion of expert discovery even if a dispositive
motion is filed prior thereto.
8.

The Magistrate Judge cannot excuse local counsel for the defendant from Local

Rule 83.01(h)(3), but the defendant has leave to file such a motion for Judge Sharp's consideration.
In consultation with Judge Sharp's office, a bench trial1 is scheduled on Tuesday, August 11,
2015, in Courtroom A-826, U.S. Courthouse, 801 Broadway, Nashville, TN. The parties anticipate
that the trial will last two (2) days.
The pretrial conference is scheduled on Monday, July 27, 2015, at 1:30 p.m., in
Courtroom A-826.
The parties' obligations prior to the pretrial conference will be set forth by order entered
closer to the trial date.
It is so ORDERED.

JULIET GRIFFIN
United States Magistrate Judge

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There is some possibility that an affiliate of the defendant may be added as a party. In that
event, the new party might make a jury demand.
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