IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

RA'OOF MUIR : CIVIL ACTION

:

v. :

:

TIM WILSON, et al. : NO. 02-2779

FIRST SCHEDULING ORDER

AND NOW, this day of July, 2002, following a

status conference in the above case, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

 1. All discovery shall proceed forthwith and continue

in such manner as will assure that all requests for, and

responses to, discovery will be served, noticed and completed by

December 31, 2002.

 2. Any summary judgment motion or other dispositive

motion, together with supporting brief, shall be filed and served

on or before January 7, 2003. Every factual assertion in a brief

shall be supported by a citation to the record where that fact

may be found.

 3. No brief filed in support of or in opposition to

any motion shall exceed 25 pages in length without prior leave of

court.

 4. All parties shall prepare and file with the Clerk

of Court their Pretrial Memoranda, in accordance with this Order

and Local Rule of Civil Procedure 16.1(c), and any motions in

limine as follows:

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A. Plaintiff(s) - on or before January 20, 2003;

and

B. Defendant(s) - on or before January 31, 2003.

 5. The Court will hold a final pretrial and

settlement conference to be scheduled after the conclusion of

discovery.

 6. The case will be placed in the trial pool on

February 3, 2003.

 7. Any party having an objection to: (A) the

admissibility for any reason (except relevancy) of any evidence

expected to be offered or (B) the adequacy of the qualifications

of an expert witness expected to testify shall set forth

separately each such objection in its Pretrial Memorandum. Such

objection shall describe with particularity the ground and the

legal authority for the objection.

 8. The Pretrial Memorandum shall also identify the

other significant legal issues involved in the case, together

with appropriate citations and other legal authority.

 9. If any party desires an "offer of proof" as to any

witness or exhibit expected to be offered, that party shall

inquire of counsel prior to trial for such information. If the

inquiring party is dissatisfied with any offer provided, such

party shall file a motion seeking relief from the Court prior to

trial.

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10. At least five (5) working days before the case is

placed in the trial pool, each party shall submit to the court,

and serve on each other, two (2) copies of proposed points for

charge and any proposed special jury interrogatories. Each point

for charge or proposed jury interrogatory shall be numbered and

shall be on a separate sheet of paper identifying the name of the

requesting party. Supplemental points for charge will be

permitted during and at the conclusion of the trial. Points for

charge should be accompanied by appropriate citations of legal

authority.

11. If a party uses any version of the Word Perfect

word processing system, it is urged to provide the court with a

disk containing the proposed points for charge and proposed

special jury interrogatories.

 12. Before commencement of trial, counsel will premark and exchange all exhibits. The court should be supplied

with two (2) separate sets of exhibits, and a schedule of

exhibits which shall briefly describe each exhibit.

BY THE COURT:

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