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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

DELTA DIVISION 

LASHANDA CAL VIN PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 2:18-cv-85-DPM 

SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY 

ORDER 

DEFENDANT 

The Court will hold a pretrial conference in chambers in Helena 

at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, 10 February 2020 and we'll start with the 

venire at 1:00 p.m. in Courtroom 314. Counsel should be prepared to 

open late Monday afternoon. We'll start the proof at 8:30 Tuesday 

morning. The Court allots each side three hours for all direct and cross 

examination in this straight-forward dispute. We'll finish the proof on 

Tuesday. 

1. Jury Instructions. The Court will circulate working drafts of 

(1) the voir dire, (2) the preliminary instructions, (3) the final 

instructions, and (4) the verdict form in due course. 

2. Witnesses and Exhibits. The parties must submit their final 

lists of witnesses and exhibits to Little Rock chambers by the close of 

business on Wednesday, 5 February 2020. A binder with courtesy 

copies of exhibits should be submitted to chambers, too. Please use the 

Court's forms for both exhibit and witness lists. If the parties plan to 

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use electronic exhibits, they should have paper copies available as a fallback 

3. Voir Dire. The Court will conduct most of the questioning, 

with follow-up by each side-ten to fifteen minutes at most. Please 

focus your questioning. Vair dire is not a time to explain the law or the 

burden of proof, to explain what the case is about, to seek 

commitments, or to pump the potential jurors full of fairness. Instead, 

please ask lean questions about potential jurors' experiences and views 

to ferret out bias. If the parties would prefer to have the Court ask 

certain questions, please submit them to chambers for consideration by 

31 January 2020. 

4. Openings and Closings. Fifteen minutes a side for opening. 

Twenty minutes a side for closing. 

5. Objections. Avoid speaking objections during the trial. A 

word or two will do. If the Court needs to hear more, we'll have a bench 

conference. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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