United States of America v. Ships Int'l Inc et al

Filing 51

ORDER CONTINUING TRIAL DATE AND RELATE DEADLINES. Having reviewed the parties' Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 50 , the Court sets the following trial and related dates, which supersede any contrary dates set in the Court's previous scheduli ng order, Dkt. No. 22 : Bench Trial is set for 8/4/2025 before Judge Jamal N Whitehead. Expert designations due by 11/8/2024, Rebuttal expert designations due by 12/6/2024, Fact discovery completed by 1/10/2025, Expert reports due by 1/17/20 25, Settlement conference under LCR 39.1(e) must be held no later than 1/20/2025, Rebuttal expert reports due by 2/14/2025, Expert discovery completed by 3/28/2025, All dispositive motions and motions challenging expert witness testimony must be file d by 4/25/2025, All motions in limine must be filed by 6/13/2025, Deposition Designations must be submitted to the Court by 7/8/2025, Agreed pretrial order due 7/8/2025, Trial briefs must be filed by 7/14/2025, Pretrial conference begins 7/21/2025. Signed by Judge Jamal N Whitehead. (KRA)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 23-cv-01677
ORDER CONTINUING TRIAL DATE
AND RELATE DEADLINES

v.
SHIPS INT’L INC. ET AL.,
Defendants.

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SCHEDULING DATES
Having reviewed the parties' Joint Status Report, Dkt. No. 50, the Court sets
the following trial and related dates, which supersede any contrary dates set in the
Court’s previous scheduling order, Dkt. No. 22:

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Event

Date

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Bench Trial begins

August 4, 2025

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Expert designations due by

November 8, 2024

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Rebuttal expert designations due by

December 6, 2024

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Fact discovery completed by

January 10, 2025

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Event

Date

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Expert reports due by

January 17, 2025

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Settlement conference under LCR
39.1(e) must be held no later than

January 20, 2025

Rebuttal expert reports due by

February 14, 2025

Expert discovery completed by

March 28, 2025

All dispositive motions and motions
challenging expert witness testimony
must be filed by (see LCR 7(d))

April 25, 2025

All motions in limine must be filed by
(see LCR 7(d))

June 13, 2025
July 8, 2025

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Deposition Designations must be
submitted to the Court by (see LCR
32(e))

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Agreed pretrial order due

July 8, 2025

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Trial briefs must be filed by

July 14, 2025

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Pretrial conference begins

July 21, 2025

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The Local Civil Rules set all other dates. The dates listed in this order and

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set by the Local Civil Rules are firm and cannot be changed by agreement between

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the parties. Only the Court may alter these dates, and it will do so only if good

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cause is shown. Failure to complete discovery within the time allowed does not

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establish good cause. If any of the dates identified in this Order or the Local Civil

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Rules fall on a weekend or federal holiday, the act or event must be performed on

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the next business day.

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If the scheduled trial date creates an irreconcilable conflict, counsel must

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email Grant Cogswell, Courtroom Deputy, at [e-mail]

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within 10 days of the date of this Order, explaining the exact nature of the conflict.

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Failure to do so will be deemed a waiver. Counsel must be prepared to begin trial on

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the date scheduled but should understand that trial may have to await the

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completion of other cases.

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COOPERATION

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As required by LCR 37(a), all discovery matters should be resolved by

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agreement if possible. Counsel are also directed to cooperate in preparing the final

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pretrial order in the format required by LCR 16.1, except as ordered below.
EXHIBITS

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The parties must deliver one copy of their respective trial exhibits to Grant

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Cogswell, Courtroom Deputy, five (5) days before the trial date. Each exhibit must

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be clearly marked on the face of the exhibit. Each set of exhibits must be submitted

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in a three−ring binder with appropriately numbered tabs. The Court alters the LCR

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16.1 procedure for numbering exhibits as follows: Plaintiff's exhibits should be

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numbered consecutively beginning with 1; Defendant's exhibits should include the

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prefix "A" and should be numbered consecutively beginning with A−1. Duplicate

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documents should not be listed twice. Once a party has identified an exhibit in the

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pretrial order, any party may use it.

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In addition, no later than seven (7) days before the trial date, the parties

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should send an electronic copy of all exhibits in .PDF format with Optical Character

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Recognition ("OCR") searchable text to Grant Cogswell, Courtroom Deputy. The
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parties should notify the court of any physical objects or files that cannot be

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transmitted electronically. Exhibits must be marked as described above, and the

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following protocols also apply: (1) Electronic exhibits must be transmitted

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individually (i.e., one exhibit per file), but exhibits may have multiple pages; (2)

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Exhibit file names should match the descriptions listed on the joint exhibit list as

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closely as possible except that file names should not exceed 80 characters, e.g., Ex. 1

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− Accident Scene Photo; Ex. A−1 − Email dated 4−03−23.
SETTLEMENT

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If this case settles, counsel must notify Grant Cogswell, Courtroom Deputy,

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as soon as possible at [e-mail]. An attorney who fails to

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give the courtroom deputy prompt notice of settlement may be subject to sanctions

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or discipline under LCR 11(b).

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Dated this 24th day of October, 2024.

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Jamal N. Whitehead
United States District Judge

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