IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

STEVE AXELROTH, )

 ) Civil Action

Plaintiff ) No. 02-cv-04418

 )

vs. )

 )

CINDY LONESS CARPENTRY; )

JOHN LONESS; )

CINDY LONESS; )

BERN TOWNSHIP; and )

MICHAEL A. HOFFERT, )

POLICE OFFICER, BADGE NO. 005, )

 )

Defendants )

ORDER

NOW, this 27th day of June, 2003, upon consideration of

Plaintiff’s Motion for Extension of Scheduling Deadlines,

IT IS ORDERED that the motion is granted in part and

denied in part.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, except as otherwise

provided below, all discovery shall be completed by July 30,

2003.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff shall be precluded

from offering the testimony of expert witnesses at trial unless

on or before July 30, 2003 plaintiff provides defense counsel

with the name, address, curriculum vitae and a signed, written

expert report containing the findings, conclusions and opinions,

of each such witness.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants shall be

precluded from offering the testimony of expert witnesses at

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trial unless on or before August 29, 2003 defendants provide all

counsel with the name, address, curriculum vitae and a signed,

written expert report containing the findings, conclusions and

opinions, of each such witness.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all discovery motions,

including motions concerning expert witnesses, shall be filed and

served prior to the close of discovery. Any motions filed in

violation of this Order may be deemed waived in the absence of

good cause shown. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all dispositive motions,

including motions for summary judgment, accompanied by a brief,

shall be filed and served on or before September 5, 2003.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all motions in limine shall

be filed and served on or before September 15, 2003.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all motions (except those

relying solely on a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure) shall be

accompanied by a brief, not to exceed twenty-five pages without

prior leave of court. There shall be no reply briefs unless

requested, or authorized, by the undersigned. Reply briefs shall

not exceed seven pages and must be filed within three business

days of the court’s request or approval. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any party filing a motion

for summary judgment or partial summary judgment shall file and

serve, in addition to a brief, a separate short concise

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statement, in numbered paragraphs, of the material facts about

which the moving party contends there is no genuine dispute. The

moving party shall support each such material fact with specific

citations to the record, and, where practicable, attach copies of

the relevant portions of the record. Failure to submit such a

statement may constitute grounds for denial of the motion.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any party opposing a motion

for summary judgment or partial summary judgment shall file and 

serve, in addition to a brief, a separate short concise

statement, responding in numbered paragraphs to the moving

party’s statement of the material facts about which the opposing

party contends there is a genuine dispute, with specific

citations to the record, and, where practicable, attach copies of

the relevant portions of the record. All factual assertions set

forth in the moving party’s statement shall be deemed admitted

unless specifically denied by the opposing party in the manner

set forth in this paragraph.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a jury trial shall commence

before the undersigned on Monday, October 20, 2003 at 9:30

o’clock a.m. in Courtroom B, Edward N. Cahn United States

Courthouse, 504 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania, or

as soon thereafter as the schedule of the court permits,

following jury selection at the United States Courthouse, 601

Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Order shall

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serve as a formal attachment for trial.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in the event the within

matter has not settled, counsel for all parties and all

unrepresented parties shall appear before Magistrate Judge 

Arnold C. Rapoport in chambers at a date and time to be set by

the Magistrate Judge for a settlement conference.

BY THE COURT:

 

James Knoll Gardner

United States District Judge

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