IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

BRIAN BONNER, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 3:06cv715-MHT

) 

NORINCO a/k/a CHINA NORTH )

INDUSTRIES CORP., 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 September 3, 2008, at 9:15

a.m. in Chambers 200FMJ, 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

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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_thompson@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 October 14, 2008, in Opelika,

Alabama.

DONE, this the 25th day of July, 2008.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

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 DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, DIVISION

)

)

Plaintiff, )

)

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:

(a) The plaintiff(s)

(b) The defendant(s)

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5. STIPULATIONS BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES:

PLEASE LEAVE ORDER UNFINISHED AT THIS POINT FOR

COMPLETION BY THE COURT.

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