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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AUSTIN DIVISION

DEAN CHASE, §

Civil No. 1:20-CV-175-RP

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Plaintiff, §

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vs. §

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RYAN E. HODGE; HELPING HANDS 

CAPITAL, LLC; and STEPHANIE 

HODGE,

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Defendants. §

AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, the following Agreed Scheduling Order 

is issued by the Court:

1. A report on alternative dispute resolution in compliance with Local Rule CV-88 shall 

be filed on or before July 31, 2020.

2. The parties asserting claims for relief shall submit a written offer of settlement to 

opposing parties on or before August 7, 2020, and each opposing party shall respond, in writing, 

on or before September 7, 2020. All offers of settlement are to be private, not filed. The parties 

are ordered to retain the written offers of settlement and responses so the Court may use them in 

assessing attorney’s fees and costs at the conclusion of the trial.

3. Each party shall complete and file the attached “Notice Concerning Reference to United 

States Magistrate Judge” on or before July 31, 2020.

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4. The parties shall file all motions to amend or supplement pleadings or to join additional 

parties on or before July 31, 2020.

5. All parties asserting claims for relief shall file their designation of testifying experts 

and serve on all parties, but not file, the materials required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(a)(2)(B) on or before December 14, 2020. Parties resisting claims for relief shall file their 

designation of testifying experts and serve on all parties, but not file, the materials required by 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) on or before January 13, 2021. All parties shall file 

all designations of rebuttal experts and serve on all parties the material required by Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) for such rebuttal experts, to the extent not already served, 15 days 

from the receipt of the report of the opposing expert.

6. An objection to the reliability of an expert’s proposed testimony under Federal Rule of 

Evidence 702 shall be made by motion, specifically stating the basis for the objection and 

identifying the objectionable testimony, within 11 days from the receipt of the written report of 

the expert’s proposed testimony, or within 11 days from the completion of the expert’s 

deposition, if a deposition is taken, whichever is later.

7. The parties shall complete all discovery on or before January 29, 2021.

8. All dispositive motions shall be filed on or before February 19, 2021 and shall be 

limited to 20 pages. Responses shall be filed and served on all other parties not later than 14 days 

after the service of the motion and shall be limited to 20 pages. Any replies shall be filed and 

served on all other parties not later than 7 days after the service of the response and shall be 

limited to 10 pages, but the Court need not wait for the reply before ruling on the motion.

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9. The Court will set this case for final pretrial conference at a later time. The final pretrial 

conference shall be attended by at least one of the attorneys who will conduct the trial for each 

of the parties and by any unrepresented parties. The parties should consult Local Rule CV-16(e) 

regarding matters to be filed in advance of the final pretrial conference.

The parties shall not complete the following paragraph. It will be completed by the Court 

at the initial pretrial conference to be scheduled by the Court.

10. This case is set for JURY trial commencing at 9:00 a.m. on 

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By filing an agreed motion, the parties may request that this Court extend any deadline 

set in this Order, with the exception of the dispositive motions deadline and the trial date. The 

Court may impose sanctions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(f) if the parties do not 

make timely submissions under this Order.

SIGNED on _____________________________________________, 20_______.

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ROBERT PITMAN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

June 14 21 October 15 20

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