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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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1 In order to conserve scarce judicial resources, the parties are directed to promptly

inform the Court if they are involved in negotiations which they reasonably believe may

make the resolution of any pending motion unnecessary.

Counsel are advised that the Chambers’ e-mail box, established pursuant to the

Court’s CM/ECF rules, is to be used solely for the purpose of sending proposed orders to the

Court, and is NOT to be used as a means of communicating with Chambers’ staff.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Electro Tech Corp.,

Plaintiff

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Flintco, Inc., Fidelity & Deposit Co. of

Maryland, and Federal Insurance Co.,

Defendants. 

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No. 09-CV-8232-PCT-PGR

 SCHEDULING ORDER

A Scheduling Conference having been held before this Court on Monday, March 29,

2010,

IT IS ORDERED that:

(1) Motions pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b), motions to amend pleadings, and motions

to join additional parties shall be filed no later than Friday April 30, 2010.

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(3) Parties shall exchange their respective initial disclosures pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.

26(a)(1), and file a notice of such exchange, no later than Friday, March 26, 2010. The

parties

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asserting claims for relief shall disclose their expert witnesses, if any, and their reports in

compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no later than Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The

parties resisting claims for relief shall disclose their expert witnesses, if any, and their reports

in compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no later than Friday, August 27, 2010. Rebuttal

experts and their reports, if any, shall be disclosed no later than Friday, September 24,

2010. Expert witness depositions shall be completed by Friday, October 29, 2010.

(4) All discovery, including answers to interrogatories, shall be completed by Friday,

October 29, 2010. and supplemental disclosures and discovery responses shall thereafter

be made as required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(e). Discovery which cannot be timely responded to

prior to the discovery deadline will be met with disfavor, and could result in denial of an

extension, exclusion of evidence, or the imposition of other sanctions. Parties are directed

to LRCiv 7.2(j), which prohibits filing discovery-related motions unless the parties have first

met to resolve any discovery difficulties. If parties cannot reach a resolution of discovery

disputes arising during depositions, they are directed to arrange a conference call with the

Court to resolve the disputes.

(5) All dispositive motions shall be filed by Friday, November 26, 2010.

(6) A Joint Pretrial Statement shall be filed by Friday, December 17, 2010 If

dispositive motions are filed, then this Joint Pretrial Statement shall be due either on the

above date or 30 days following the resolution of the motions, whichever is later. The content

of the Joint Pretrial Statement shall include, but not be limited to, that prescribed in a

standard form of Joint Pretrial Statement provided to the parties. The parties shall augment

the Joint Pretrial Statement as necessary so it contains all of the pretrial disclosures as

defined and required by Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(3). It shall be the responsibility of the plaintiff

to timely initiate the process of drafting the Joint Pretrial Statement and the plaintiff shall

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submit its draft of the Joint Pretrial Statement to the defendants no later than ten business

days prior to the date for filing the Joint Pretrial Statement.

(7) Motions in limine shall be filed no later than the date of filing of the Joint Pretrial

Statement. Responses to motions in limine are due ten business days after service. No replies

are permitted. The hearing on the motions in limine, if one is permitted by the Court, will

take place at the time of the Pretrial Conference. No motion in limine shall be filed unless

a statement of moving counsel is attached thereto certifying that after personal consultation

and sincere efforts to do so, counsel have been unable to satisfactorily resolve the matter.

(8) The attorneys for each party who will be responsible for trial of the lawsuit, or the

parties if pro per, shall appear and participate in a final Pretrial Conference on Monday,

January 10, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom 601 of the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse

in Phoenix, Arizona. Because Pretrial Conferences are held for the parties' benefit, and

further because the parties' presence will facilitate frank discussion of the pertinent issues

in the lawsuit, each party or a representative with binding settlement authority shall attend

the Pretrial Conference. If dispositive motions are filed, the Court will continue the date of

the Pretrial Conference, if one is still necessary, until after the resolution of such motions and

the filing of a Joint Pretrial Statement.

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 The trial brief shall raise all significant disputed issues of law and fact, including

foreseeable procedural and evidentiary issues, and shall set forth the party’s positions thereon

with supporting arguments and authorities.

A form with instructions regarding the marking, listing and custody of exhibits, and

a form with instructions regarding the submission of jury instructions, shall be given to

counsel at the Pretrial Conference.

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(9) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the parties’ trial briefs, proposed jury

instructions and proposed voir dire questions shall be filed no later than Wednesday

January 12, 2011, no later than 2:00 p.m.2

(10) Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the trial of this action shall commence

on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 9:00 a.m., in the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse,

Second Floor, 101 W. Goodwin Street, Prescott, Arizona.

(11) The parties are cautioned that the deadlines set in this Scheduling Order shall be

enforced, and that the Court will not entertain any stipulations to continue them - any request

to extend any of the deadlines set herein must be made by means of a motion, joint or

otherwise, and no such motion shall be granted unless very good cause is shown.

DATED this 5th day of April, 2010.

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