IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

WILLIAM D. BOWDEN, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CASE NO.2:06-cv-665-WHA

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MISSION PETROLEUM CARRIERS, et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER SETTING PRETRIAL HEARING

It is ORDERED that this cause is hereby set for a pretrial hearing as provided by Rule 16 of

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on May 30, 2007, at 10:30 a.m., in chambers, Frank M.

Johnson, Jr. U. S. Courthouse Complex, One Church Street, Montgomery, Alabama.

At the pretrial hearing, the court will consider the matters addressed by Rule 16. All parties

are expected to have complied fully with this court’s previously entered Rule 16 uniform scheduling

order. All parties should prepare and have ready all stipulations and possible admissions of fact and

of documents which might avoid unnecessary proof upon trial.

ANY PRO SE LITIGANTS and ALL LEAD ATTORNEYS must appear at the time above

designated and be fully prepared to state the facts of the case in the most minute detail, and be

authorized to admit all facts that are true. All motions which have not been otherwise submitted or

ruled on will be heard at the above stated time. Counsel should be prepared to argue them.

Appropriate penalties will be imposed for failure to comply with these requirements.

The parties are DIRECTED to prepare JOINTLY a proposed pretrial order in accordance

with the attached outline. The plaintiff(s) shall ensure that the proposed pretrial order is received

by the court NOT LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS days prior to the pretrial conference by either

(1) delivery of the order (both hard copy and on disk) to chambers or (2) by transmitting an

electronic copy of the proposed pretrial order to the court as an attachment to an email message sent

to propord_albritton@almd.uscourts.gov. For these purposes, the electronic or disk copy should be

in WordPerfect or Word format and not in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If the plaintiff is pro se, then

the defendant(s) shall have this responsibility.

TRIAL TERM COMMENCES July 17, 2007, in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Done this the 17th day of April, 2007.

/s/ W. Harold Albritton 

W. Harold Albritton

Senior U. S. District Judge

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NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS

The proposed pretrial order must be joint, and not piecemeal, and it should be reviewed and

approved by all parties BEFORE the pretrial hearing.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR

THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

DIVISION

)

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 

)

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Defendant. )

ORDER ON PRETRIAL HEARING

A pretrial hearing was held in this case on _____________, wherein the following

proceedings were held and actions taken:

1. PARTIES AND TRIAL COUNSEL:

COUNSEL APPEARING AT PRETRIAL HEARING: (same as trial counsel) or

(indicate if different) ____________________

2. JURISDICTION AND VENUE:

3. PLEADINGS: The following pleadings and amendments were allowed:

4. CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES:

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(a) The plaintiff(s)

(b) The defendant(s)

5. STIPULATIONS BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES:

It is ORDERED that:

1. The jury selection and trial of this cause, which is to last ____ (__) days, are

set for ______________ at __:00 a.m. at the United States Courthouse in __________,

Alabama;

2. A trial docket will be mailed to counsel for each party approximately _____

weeks prior to the start of the trial term;

3. Each party shall have available at the time of trial, for use by the court (the

judge, the courtroom deputy clerk, and the law clerk), three copies of the exhibit list and a

sufficient number of copies of each photostatically reproducible exhibit for opposing

counsel, the courtroom deputy clerk, the law clerk, and the judge to each have a set of the

exhibits;

4. IF REQUIRED: Trial briefs are required to be filed by _______________.

IF NOT REQUIRED: The parties in this case are not required to file trial briefs. 

However, if they wish to do so, their trial briefs shall be filed no later than __________.

5. All deadlines not otherwise affected by this order will remain as set forth in

the Uniform Scheduling Order (Doc. #___ ) entered by the court on __________;

6. All understandings, agreements, deadlines, and stipulations contained in

this Pretrial Order shall be binding on all parties unless this Order be hereafter modified

by Order of the court.

DONE this __ day of ___________, 2007.

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________________________________________

W. Harold Albritton

Senior U. S. District Judge

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