UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

Case No. 22-61733-CIV-SMITH

JAMIL HINDI, individually and on

behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC.,

Defendant.

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ORDER SETTING CIVIL TRIAL DATE, 

PRETRIAL DEADLINES, AND REFERRAL TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE

THIS CAUSE is set for trial during the Court’s two-week trial calendar beginning on 

January 2, 2024. If the case cannot be tried during the two-week period, it will be re-set for each 

successive trial calendar until it is tried or resolved. The Calendar Call will be held at 9:00 a.m. on 

December 26, 2023. The parties shall adhere to the following schedule: 

1. Joinder of any additional parties and filing of motion to amend the 

pleadings by December 9, 2022

2. Parties shall select a mediator pursuant to Local Rule 16.2 and shall 

schedule a time, date, and place for mediation by December 23, 2022

3. Motion for Class Certification shall be filed by March 10, 2023

4. Plaintiffs shall disclose experts, expert witness summaries, and 

reports as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by March 31, 2023

5. Defendant(s) shall disclose experts, expert witness summaries, and 

reports as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by April 17, 2023

6. Exchange of rebuttal expert witness summaries and reports as 

required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) by May 1, 2023

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7. Written lists containing the names and addresses of all fact 

witnesses intended to be called at trial by June 9, 2023

8. Fact discovery shall be completed by June 30, 2023

9. Expert discovery shall be completed by June 30, 2023

10. Mediation shall be completed by July 7, 2023

11. Motion to Decertify Class shall be filed by July 14, 2023

12. Dispositive motions, including summary judgment and Daubert, 

shall be filed by July 28, 2023

13. Deposition designations and counter designations shall be filed by

The parties shall meet and confer prior to submitting the deposition 

designations and counter-designations in a good faith effort to resolve 

objections. Failure to comply with the deadline and the meet and 

confer may result in objections being stricken or other appropriate 

sanctions.

September 29, 2023

14. All pretrial motions and memoranda of law, including motions in 

limine, shall be filed by

Prior to filing any motions in limine, the parties shall meet and confer 

in a good faith effort to resolve any issues. If a party has multiple 

motions in limine, they shall be filed as a single omnibus motion. All

motions in limine and the responses shall be limited to one page per 

issue. No replies shall be permitted. 

November 30, 2023

15. Joint pretrial stipulation, proposed joint jury instructions, proposed 

joint verdict form, and/or proposed findings of fact and conclusions 

of law shall be filed by

When the parties cannot agree on specific jury instructions, the 

submitted instructions shall clearly indicate which party has proposed 

the specific instruction. 

November 30, 2023

REFERRAL TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Rule 1 of the Magistrate Rules of the Southern 

District of Florida, all motions for attorney’s fees, costs, and sanctions, plus all non-dispositive 

pretrial motions (PTN) are REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Reid for appropriate resolution. 

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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

If the parties settle this matter before trial, the parties must notify the Court no later than 3 

p.m. on the Friday before trial is set to commence in order to avoid paying the costs of the jury. 

If the parties do not notify the Court of settlement by that time, the parties shall jointly reimburse 

the Court for the cost of the jury. 

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Failure to comply with any provision of this order may result in the imposition of sanctions.

DONE AND ORDERED in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 14th day of November, 2022.

___________________________

RODNEY SMITH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Copies to:

Counsel of Record

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