Hawkins et al v. Mazda Motor Corporation et al

Filing 39

Order Accepting Findings and Recommendations. The Court ACCEPTS the Finding and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Scheduling Order for this case is hereby amended and the dates in the followin g Summary of Critical Dates shall be applicable unless later amended by the Court. The remainder of the Courts original Scheduling Order (ECF No. 9) remains in effect. Discovery due by 6/19/2015, Deadline for mediation is on or before 5/29/2015, Dis positive Motions due by 7/20/2015, Pretrial Materials due by 10/22/2015, Pretrial Order due by 10/22/2015, Jury Trial set for 11/16/2015 in US Courthouse, Courtroom 222, 1000 Lamar Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76301-3431 before Judge Reed C O'Connor. (Ordered by Judge Reed C O'Connor on 2/18/2015) (trt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
WICHITA FALLS DIVISION

EUGENE C. HAWKINS III,
INDIVIDUALLY, and
KERRI HAWKINS, AS NEXT FRIEND
OF K.H. AND T.H., MINOR CHILDREN,
Plaintiffs,
v.
MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION,
THE HERTZ CORPORATION, and
HERTZ VEHICLES, LLC,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 7:14-cv-00054-O

ORDER
On February 17, 2015, United States Magistrate Judge Roach issued an electronic order
finding as moot Defendant Mazda Motor Corporation’s (“Mazda”) Motion to Quash (ECF No. 30)
and recommending an amendment to the Scheduling Order (ECF No. 9). See Elec. Order, Feb. 17,
2015, ECF No. 38. The parties, in their Stipulation (ECF No. 36) and Status Report (ECF No. 37),
request an extension of the discovery and pretrial deadlines and a continuance of the trial date in
order to accommodate Mazda, who was served approximately three months after the issuance of the
initial Scheduling Order. The Court ACCEPTS1 the Finding and Recommendation of the United
States Magistrate Judge.

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The Court has modified the parties’ proposed deadlines as indicated below.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Scheduling Order for this case is hereby amended and
the dates in the following Summary of Critical Dates shall be applicable unless later amended by the
Court. The remainder of the Court’s original Scheduling Order (ECF No. 9) remains in effect.
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SUMMARY OF CRITICAL DATES

Deadline for Motions for Leave to Join Parties or Amend
Pleadings (¶2)

Expired

Initial Expert Designation & Report (¶4 a.)

Expired

Responsive Expert Designation & Report (¶4 b.)

February 25, 2015

Rebuttal Expert Designation (¶4 c.)

30 days after
disclosure made by
other party

Expert Objections (¶4 d.)

October 13, 2015

Dispositive Motions (¶3)

July 20, 2015

Mediation (¶6)

May 29, 2015

Completion of Discovery (¶50

June 19, 2015

Pretrial Disclosures and Objections (¶7)

October 7, 2015
Objections due 14
days thereafter

Pretrial Materials (pretrial order etc.) (¶8)

October 22, 2015

Exchange of Exhibits (¶9)

November 2, 2015

Pretrial Conference (¶11)

To be set if necessary.

Trial Date (¶1)

November 16, 2015

SO ORDERED on this 18th day of February, 2015.

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Reed O’Connor
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE