IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

EASTERN DIVISION

BARBARA JEFFERS and, )

JOAN CRAIG, )

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. ) CASE NO. 3:06-cv-685-WKW

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RUSSELL COUNTY BOARD OF )

EDUCATION, et al., )

)

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 February 1, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in the G. W. Andrews

Federal Building & U. S. Courthouse, 701 Avenue A, Opelika, 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. Counsel should be prepared to argue all motions which

have not been otherwise submitted or ruled on, which will be heard at the above stated time. 

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_watkins@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 March 10, 2008, in Opelika, Alabama.

Done this 16th day of January, 2008.

 /s/ W. Keith Watkins 

UNITED STATES 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

)

)

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 

)

)

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:

PLEASE LEAVE ORDER UNFINISHED AT THIS POINT FOR COMPLETION BY THE

COURT.

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