The court notes that it has moved the pretrial hearing date from June 15, 2007 1

(see Doc. No. 8 ¶ 1), to June 19, 2007.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

LEROY WILLIAMS, )

 )

Plaintiff, )

 ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:06cv658-ID

v. )

 )

STATE OF ALABAMA DEP'T OF )

TRANSPORTATION, et al., )

 )

Defendants. )

ORDER

It is CONSIDERED and ORDERED that this cause is hereby set for a pretrial

hearing as provided by Rule 16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on June 19, 2007,

at 1:00 p.m. in chambers B-300, United States Courthouse Complex, One Church

Street, Montgomery, Alabama.1

The pretrial hearing will be conducted to consider the matters provided for in Rule

16. All parties are expected to have fully complied with the Rule 16 uniform scheduling

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

documents which might avoid unnecessary proof upon trial.

Lead counsel for all parties are to be present unless excused by the court. 

Tardiness will not be tolerated. Lead counsel shall be fully prepared to state the facts of

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the case in the most minute detail and to admit all facts that are true. Appropriate

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

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

accordance with the attached outline. Plaintiff(s) shall insure that the original of the

proposed pretrial order is received by the court NOT LATER THAN FIVE BUSINESS

DAYS prior to the pretrial hearing by transmitting an electronic copy of the proposed

pretrial order to the court as an attachment to an email message sent to

propord_dement@almd.uscourts.gov. For this purpose, the electronic copy should be in

WordPerfect or Word format and not in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. 

 TRIAL TERM commences: July 23, 2007, in Montgomery, Alabama.

Done this 2nd day of May, 2007.

 /s/ Ira DeMent 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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OUTLINE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

)

)

 (Style) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:______-ID

) 

)

)

ORDER ON PRETRIAL HEARING

A pretrial hearing was held in this case on _________________, in Montgomery,

Alabama, wherein the following proceedings were held and actions taken:

1. PARTIES AND TRIAL COUNSEL:

 For plaintiff(s):

 For defendant(s):

 COUNSEL APPEARING AT PRETRIAL HEARING:

 For plaintiff(s):

 For defendant(s):

2. JURISDICTION AND VENUE:

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

4. CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES:

 (a) The plaintiff(s)

 (b) The defendant(s)

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5. STIPULATIONS BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES:

6. Counsel will receive a trial docket approximately one month prior to the trial

term.

It is ORDERED as follows:

(1) Jury selection is set at 10:00 a.m. on the 23rd day of July, 2007, in

Montgomery, Alabama.

(2) The trial, which is to last ____ days, is set to commence following jury

selection on the 23rd day of July, 2007, in Montgomery, Alabama.

(3) The parties are to file the following no later than three weeks prior to jury

selection:

 a. pretrial briefs;

 b. requested voir dire questions, Note: Voir dire questions should not

duplicate questions in the jury questionnaire;

 c. proposed jury instructions together with citations of authority in support

of each proposed instruction; and

 d. motions in limine, fully briefed.

(4) All understandings, agreements, and stipulations contained in this pretrial order

shall be binding on all parties unless that Order be hereafter modified by order of the

court.

CONSIDERED and ORDERED this ____ day of ________, 2007.

 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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