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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Civil Rights Act

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WO 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Jacob F. Rocker, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

City of Scottsdale, et al., 

Defendants.

No. CV11-0708 PHX DGC

ORDER 

 Plaintiff has filed a motion for extension of time to disclose expert opinions and 

reports. Doc. 98. Defendants oppose the motion. Docs. 106, 109. Plaintiff has filed no 

reply memorandum. 

 Plaintiff’s motion was filed on the date his expert reports were due. As defense 

counsel note, Plaintiff’s counsel has been involved in this case for more than 18 months 

and first disclosed a liability expert more than one year ago. Plaintiff provides no 

explanation for his failure to produce a damages report by the Court’s deadline. In light 

of these facts, and the Court’s intent to hold the parties to a firm schedule in this case, the 

Court is inclined to deny Plaintiff’s request for an extension. By filing the request on the 

day the expert report was due, however, Plaintiff has put the Court in a box. If it denies 

the request, Plaintiff will be denied experts that are likely necessary to establish his case. 

To avoid this harsh result, the Court will grant a brief modification of the deadlines. 

 Plaintiff shall provide full and complete expert disclosures as required by 

Rule 26(a)(2)(A)-(C) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure no later than June 1, 2012. 

Defendants shall provide full and complete expert disclosures as required by 

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Rule 26(a)(2)(A)-(C) no later than July 6, 2012. Rebuttal expert disclosures, if any, shall 

be provided no later than July 27, 2012. Expert depositions shall be completed no later 

than August 31, 2012. The deadline for dispositive motions shall be extended to 

September 21, 2012. 

 All other deadlines and terms in the Court’s Amended Case Management Order 

(Doc. 70) shall remain in effect. 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for extension (Doc. 98) is granted in 

part and denied in part as set forth above. 

 Dated this 9th day of May, 2012. 

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