IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

STEVE ADAMS, )

 )

Plaintiff, )

 ) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:06cv707-ID

)

MERCHANTS FOOD SERVICES, )

 )

Defendant. )

ORDER

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

16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on October 9, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. in chambers B-300,

United States Courthouse Complex, One Church Street, Montgomery, AL.

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

Tardiness will not be tolerated. 

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 shall be fully prepared to state the facts of 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 shall insure that the original of the proposed

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

to the pretrial conference by either delivery of the order to chambers or 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 November 5, 2007, in Montgomery, AL.

Done this 4th day of September, 2007.

 /s/ Ira DeMent 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

STEVE ADAMS, )

 )

Plaintiff, )

 ) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 2:06cv707-ID

)

MERCHANTS FOOD SERVICES, )

 )

Defendant. )

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)

5. STIPULATIONS BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES:

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

term.

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It is ORDERED as follows:

(1) Jury selection is set at 10:00 a.m. on the 5th day of November, 2007, in

Montgomery, Alabama.

(2) The trial, which is to last ______ days, is set to begin during the term of court

commencing the 5th day of November, 2007, in Montgomery, Alabama.

(3) The parties are to file motions in limine (to be fully briefed), no later than three

weeks prior to jury selection.

(4) The parties are to file the following no later than two weeks prior to jury

selection:

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

duplicate questions in the jury questionnaire, and

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

of each proposed instruction.

(5) 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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