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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

WE ARE AMERICA, et al. )

)

 Plaintiffs, ) No. CIV 06-2816-PHX-RCB

)

vs. )

) RULE l6 SCHEDULING ORDER

) 

MARICOPA COUNTY BOARD of ) 

SUPERVISORS, et al., )

)

 Defendants. )

)

A Scheduling Conference having been held on October 17,

2011,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(1) initial disclosures shall be

made not later than November 18, 2011. 

2. The parties have exchanged initial discovery

requests, and will, if desired, supplement those requests on

or before October 17, 2011. The parties will simultaneously

exchange answers to such discovery 45 days thereafter, or by

December 1, 2011.

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3. Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) expert disclosure shall be

made as follows:

a. Plaintiffs shall disclose their expert

witnesses, if any, and their reports, not later than May 30,

2012.

b. Defendants shall disclose their expert

witnesses, if any and their reports, not later than June 15,

2012.

c. Any rebuttal expert witness disclosures shall

be completed by no later than July 30, 2012.

d. Expert witness depositions shall be completed

by September 15, 2012.

4. Fact witness depositions shall be completed by

May 31, 2012.

5. All other discovery pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 30,

31, 33, 34, 35 and 36, including supplements thereto, shall

be completed by September 15, 2012. As Fed.R.Civ.P.

33(a)(1) allows, at this juncture the court will not limit

the number of interrogatories. Nor at this juncture will

the court limit the parties’ respective requests for

production, if any, or requests for admissions, if any. If

a party deems that service of any of the foregoing by

another party constitutes an abuse of the discovery process,

that party shall file a motion accordingly. 

In that respect, the parties are directed to LRCiv

7.2(j), which prohibits filing discovery motions unless

parties have first met to resolve any discovery

difficulties. If the parties cannot reach a resolution,

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they are directed to first arrange a conference call with

the Court to attempt to resolve the matters.

This order contemplates that each party will conduct

discovery in such a manner as to complete discovery within

these deadlines. Therefore, all discovery should be sought

within time sufficient to permit responses by the deadlines. 

"Last minute or eleventh hour" discovery which results in

insufficient time to complete discovery or to undertake

additional discovery and which requires an extension of a

discovery deadline is disfavored, and could result in denial

of an extension, exclusion of evidence, or the imposition of

other sanctions.

6. Given the parties’ respective views regarding

initially exploring a possible settlement, as indicated

during the October 17, 2011, Rule 16 Scheduling Conference,

the parties are directed to submit a brief joint letter to

the court concerning status of settlement discussions

containing no specific settlement terms or offers. 

7. All dispositive motions shall be filed by October

1, 2012. The last day to file responses to motions for

summary judgment or other dispositive motions shall be

November 1, 2012. The last day to file replies, if any, in

support of summary judgment or other dispositive motions

shall be November 19, 2012.

8. All pretrial disclosure pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.

26(a)(3)(A) shall be served and filed not later than January

15, 2013. Objections pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(a)(3)(B)

shall be served and filed no later than February 1, 2013.

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9. A joint proposed pretrial order shall be lodged by 

October 15, 2012. If dispositive motions are filed, then

this pretrial order shall be due either on the above date or

thirty (30) days following ruling on the motions, whichever

is later. The content of the proposed pretrial order shall

include, but not be limited to, that prescribed in a

standard form of Pretrial Order which will be given to

counsel at the Scheduling Conference. Statements made shall

not be in the form of a question, but should be a concise

narrative statement of each party's contention as to each

uncontested and contested issue. 

10. The attorneys for each party who will be

responsible for trial of the lawsuit shall appear and

participate in a Pretrial Conference on Monday, February 4,

2013, at 10:30 a.m., in Courtroom 606, Sixth Floor, Sandra

Day O'Connor United States Courthouse, 401 West Washington

Street, Phoenix, Arizona. A trial date and any other

necessary deadlines will be set at the Pretrial Conference.

DATED this 21st day of October, 2011.

copies to all counsel of record

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