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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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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

Barbara Patterson, )

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Plaintiff, ) No. CV-07-1476-PHX-PGR

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vs. )

) SCHEDULING ORDER

Matthew Shaw, et al., )

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Defendants. )

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A Scheduling Conference having been held before this Court

on January 7, 2008,

IT IS ORDERED that:

(1) Defendants LPN Maroni and Deputy Warden Johnny Tucker

are dismissed from this action without prejudice pursuant to

Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(m).

(2) 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 April 18, 2008.1

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(3) Defendant Gutierrez shall serve his supplemental initial

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

Court a notice of such service, no later than February 15, 2008. 

The plaintiff shall disclose her expert witnesses, if any, and

their reports in compliance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no

later than May 23, 2008. The defendants shall disclose their

expert witnesses, if any, and their reports in compliance with

Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) no later than July 7, 2008. Rebuttal

experts and their reports, if any, shall be disclosed no later

than July 28, 2008. Expert witness depositions shall be completed

by September 26, 2008.

(4) All discovery, including answers to interroga-tories,

shall be completed by September 26, 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

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 October 31,

2008. 

(6) A Joint Pretrial Statement shall be filed by November

28, 2008. If dispositive motions are filed, then this Joint

Pretrial Statement shall be due either on the above date or 30

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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 her 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 Pretrial Conference on Monday, January 5,

2009, at 3:00 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

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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.

(9) Unless otherwise subsequently ordered by the Court, the

parties’ trial briefs, proposed findings of fact and conclusions

of law or proposed jury instructions and voir dire questions

shall be filed no later than January 16, 2009.

(10) Unless otherwise subsequently ordered by the Court, the

trial of this action shall commence on Tuesday, January 27, 2009,

at 9:00 a.m., in Courtroom 601.

(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 15th day of January, 2008.

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