IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

LINDA WILLIAMS SHELTON, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CASE NO. 2:06-cv-719-WKW

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ALL STATE FREIGHTWAYS, INC., )

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Defendant. )

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 October 29, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 2-E,

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. 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 December 10, 2007, in Montgomery, Alabama.

Done this 12th day of October, 2007.

 /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

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 

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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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