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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Auto Negligence

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 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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

James W. Ramey, )

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 Plaintiff, ) No. CV-06-2131-PHX-PGR 

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 vs. )

 ) SCHEDULING ORDER

Gordon Trucking, Inc., et al., )

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 Defendants. )

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A Scheduling Conference having been held before this Court on May 7,

2007, 

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 10/31/07.

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

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(2) The parties shall 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 7/27/07. The parties shall disclose their expert witnesses, if any, and

their reports in compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no later than 2/29/08.

Expert witness depositions shall be completed by 4/25/08. 

(3) All non-expert discovery, including answers to interrogatories, shall be

completed by 4/25/08, 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 discovery disputes arising

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

to resolve the disputes. 

 (4) All dispositive motions shall be filed by 5/16/08. 

(5) A Joint Pretrial Statement shall be filed by 6/27/08. 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 attached as an exhibit to

the Order Setting Scheduling Conference. The parties shall augment the Joint

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

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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 his 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.

 (6) Motions in limine, if any, shall be filed at the same time as 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.

(7) 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, 7/28/08, at 3:00 p.m. in Courtroom 601 of the Sandra

Day O’Connor United States Courthouse, 401 W. Washington St., Phoenix,

Arizona 85003. 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.

(8) 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

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questions, and for marking trial exhibits shall be set forth in an order entered

following the completion of the Pretrial Conference.

(9) 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 7th day of May, 2007.

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