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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2003 Job Discrimination

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

KENNETH KENNER PLAINTIFF 

 

VS. Case No. 04-CV-4021

DOMTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. DEFENDANT

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to List Expert Witnesses. (Doc. 21). Defendant 

has responded in opposition. (Doc. 22). Plaintiff has also filed a reply. (Doc. 23). The Court

finds this motion ripe for consideration.

In Plaintiff’s motion, he seeks the Court’s permission to designate expert witnesses with

respect to the issue of attorney’s fees outside of the Court’s deadlines. Plaintiff argues that this

late designation will not cause Defendant any unfair prejudice or surprise. Defendant responds

that the scheduling order’s deadline for disclosing experts (December 27, 2005) and rebuttal

experts (January 26, 2006) has passed and Plaintiff has failed to show why he should be excused

from this deadlines. Further, Defendant argues that Plaintiff did not identify attorney’s fees in

response to an interrogatory requesting a calculation of damages, so he is barred from recovering

them. Upon consideration, the Court finds the Motion to List Expert Witnesses should be and

hereby is granted, to wit: Plaintiff shall have up to and including Wednesday, March 1, 2006,

by which to designate and disclose to Defendant his expert witnesses with respect to the issue of

attorney’s fees. The discovery deadline is hereby lifted for the limited purpose of conducting

discovery related to these attorney’s fees expert witnesses. The Court will not decide, at this

time, whether or not Plaintiff is barred from recovering attorney’s fees because of his failure to

fully respond to Defendant’s interrogatory.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of February, 2006.

 /s/ Harry F. Barnes 

Hon. Harry F. Barnes

U.S. District Judge

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