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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

 EASTERN DIVISION 

BARBARA JEFFERS and JOAN CRAIG, ) 

) 

Plaintiffs, ) 

) CIVIL ACTION NO.: 

vs. ) CV-3:06-cv-00700-CSC 

) 

RUSSELL COUNTY BOARD OF ) 

 EDUCATION, et. al ) 

) 

Defendants. ) 

REPORT OF PARTIES PLANNING MEETING

Come now, the parties in the above styled action and submits this Report of the Parties 

Planning Meeting: 

1. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f) and this Court’s 26(f) Order, a telephonic conference was 

held on October 10, 2006 and was attended by: 

W. Don Eddins for the plaintiffs and 

Sydney S. Smith, for the defendant, Russell County Board of Education. 

Defendant Charles Nacrelli has not been served as of this date. 

2. Pre-Discovery Disclosures. 

The parties will exchange the information required by Fed. R.Civ. P. 26(a) (1) no later 

than 30 days after the 26(f) conference. Supplementation of 26(a) disclosures is to be 

made by May 1, 2007. 

3. Discovery Plan. 

(a) Discovery will be needed on the following subjects: 

All of plaintiff’s claims and all of defendant’s defenses. 

(b) All discovery will be commenced in time to be completed by September 1, 2007. 

(c) A maximum of 40 interrogatories by each party to any other party. 

(d) A maximum of 25 requests for admission by each party to any other party. 

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(e) A maximum of 25 requests for production by each party to any other party. 

(f) Maximum of 10 depositions by the plaintiff and 10 depositions by the defendant. 

All depositions will be limited to 7 hours, unless extended by agreement of the 

parties. 

4. Expert Reports 

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

from plaintiff May 1, 2007 

from defendant June 1, 2007 

5. Pretrial Conference

The parties request a Pretrial Conference with the Court on December 1, 2007.

6. Adding Parties and Amendments to the Pleading

The plaintiff and defendant should be allowed until January 15, 2007 to add additional 

parties and until February 15, 2007 to amend the pleadings. 

7. Dispostive Motions

All potentially dispositive motions shall be filed by October 31, 2007. 

8. Prospects for Settlement

Settlement cannot be evaluated prior to the completion of some discovery in this case. 

9. Final Witness and Exhibit lists 

Final Witness and Exhibit Lists under Rule 26(a) (3) should be due from the parties no 

later than thirty (30) days prior to the trial date. The parties shall have 10 days after 

service of witness and exhibit lists to serve objections under Rule 26(a) (3). 

10. Trial Date

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This case should be ready for trial by February 4, 2008, in Opelika, Alabama and at 

this time is expected to take 4-5 days. 

Respectfully Submitted, 

/s/W. Don Eddins 

Counsel for the Plaintiffs 

OF COUNSEL: 

W. DON EDDINS 

337 E. Magnolia Ave., Suite 3 

Auburn, AL 36830 

(334) 821-9981 

Facsimile (334) 826-7700 

/s/Sydney S. Smith 

Counsel for the Defendant 

OF COUNSEL: 

SMITH & SMITH, PC 

1503 Broad Street 

Phenix City, AL 36867 

(334) 298-2679 

Facsimile (334) 298-6471 

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