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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

HAROLD KELLY MURPHY, * 

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 Plaintiff, * 

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v. * Case No.: 2:06-cv-618-MEF 

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SOUTHERN ENERGY HOMES, INC. * 

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 Defendant. * 

REPORT OF PARTIES= PLANNING MEETING

1. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f), the following is the parties proposed Report of 

Parties= Planning Meeting form: 

 Lance Gould and Gibson Vance on behalf of plaintiff, Harold Kelly Murphy. 

Robert D. Segall, Lee H. Copeland and Mitchel H. Boles on behalf of defendant, 

Southern Energy Homes, Inc. 

2. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. The parties will exchange the information required by 

Local Rule 26.1(a)(1) on or before August 29, 2006.

3. Discovery Plan. The parties jointly propose to the court the following discovery 

plan: 

a. All discovery commenced in time to be completed by April 20, 2007. 

b. Maximum of forty (40) interrogatories by each party to each party. 

c. Maximum of sixty (60) requests for admission by each party to each party. 

 

d. Maximum of fifty (50) requests for production of document by each party to 

each party. 

e. Maximum of ten (10) depositions by each plaintiff to defendant and ten (10) 

depositions by defendant to each plaintiff. This number does not include 

depositions of medical doctors nor experts. 

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f. Reports from retained experts under Rule 26(a)(2) due: 

from plaintiff by November 15, 2006. 

from defendant by January 19, 2007. 

defendant shall complete its inspection of the manufactured home by 

 December 29, 2006.

g. Supplementation under Rule 26(e) due reasonably upon knowledge of 

additional information. 

4. Other Items. 

a. Plaintiffs should be allowed until November 1, 2006 to join additional parties 

and to amend the pleadings. 

b. Defendant should be allowed until February 1, 2007 to join additional parties 

and to amend the pleadings. 

c. All potentially dispositive motions should be filed no later than ninety (90) 

days prior to the pretrial date – May 21, 2007. 

d. Settlement cannot be realistically evaluated prior to the completion of 

preliminary discovery. 

e. The parties request a pretrial conference on or before August 20, 2007.

f. Final lists of witnesses and exhibits under Rule 26(a)(3) should be due 

 from plaintiff by August 8, 2007. 

 from defendant by August 21, 2007. 

g. Parties should have ten (10) days after service of final lists of witnesses and 

exhibits to list objections under Rule 26(a)(3). 

h. The case should be ready for trial by this Court=s September 17, 2007 trial 

term and at this time is expected to take approximately 5-7 days. 

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Respectfully submitted, 

 /s Mitchel H. Boles 

 Robert D. Segall (ASB-7354-E68R) 

 Lee H. Copeland (ASB-3461-O72L) 

 Mitchel H. Boles (ASB-0813-S69M) 

 

Attorney for Southern Energy Homes, Inc. 

OF COUNSEL: 

Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A. 

444 South Perry Street 

P. O. Box 347 

Montgomery, AL 36101-0347

Phone: 334/834-1180 

Facsimile: 334/834-3172 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that on the 15th day of August, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with 

the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the 

following: 

• Charles Lance Gould

lance.gould@beasleyallen.com holly.stroh@beasleyallen.com 

• Carter Gibson Vance

gibson.vance@beasleyallen.com heidi.bowers@beasleyallen.com 

/s Mitchel H. Boles 

Of Counsel 

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