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

David Ames, )

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Plaintiff, ) CV 06-2088-PHX-PGR

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vs. )

) SCHEDULING ORDER

Jefferson Pilot Financial ) 

Insurance Company, et al. )

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Defendants. )

______________________________)

A Scheduling Conference having been held before this

Court on Monday, February 5, 2007,

IT IS ORDERED that:

(1) Motions pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)shall be

filed no later than March 16, 2007.1

 (2) Motions to amend pleadings, and motions to join

additional parties shall be filed no later than March 16,

2007.

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 (3) The Defendants are to file their motion

addressing whether the policy at issue falls under the

Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") within

thirty (30) days of the date of this Scheduling Order. The

Plaintiff's response thereto or cross-motion is then due

thirty (30) days from the date the Defendants file their

motion. 

(4) Parties were to exchange their respective initial

disclosures pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1), and file with

the Court a notice of such exchange, no later than February 2,

2007, if the parties have not already done so. The plaintiff

shall disclose his expert witnesses, if any, and their reports

in compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no later than

August 16, 2007. The Defendant shall disclose its expert

witnesses, if any, and their reports in compliance with

Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no later than September 17, 2007.

Expert witness depositions shall be completed by November 30,

2007.

(5) All discovery, including answers to

interrogatories, shall be completed by January 11, 2008, 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 motions unless

the parties have first met to resolve any discovery

difficulties. If parties cannot reach a resolution of

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discovery disputes arising during depositions, they are

directed to arrange a conference call with the Court to

resolve the disputes. 

(6) All dispositive motions shall be filed by January

11, 2007. 

(7) A Joint Pretrial Statement shall be filed by May 9,

2008. 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 submit its draft of the Joint Pretrial

Statement to the defendant no later than ten business days

prior to the date for filing the Joint Pretrial Statement.

(8) 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

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efforts to do so, counsel have been unable to satisfactorily

resolve the matter.

(9) 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 Pretrial Conference on Monday,

June 9, 2008 at 3:30 p.m., in courtroom 601. 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.

(10) Selection of a trial date, and directions for filing

trial briefs, proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law

or proposed jury instructions and voir dire questions, and for

marking trial exhibits shall be set forth in an order entered

following the completion of the Pretrial Conference.

(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

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by means of a motion, joint or otherwise, and no such motion

shall be granted unless very good cause is shown.

DATED this 6th day of February, 2007.

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