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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AUSTIN DIVISION

MICHAEL C. DEMARQUIS,

Plaintiff,

v.

ALORICA INC.,

Defendant.

Case No.: 1:20-cv-00634-LY

SCHEDULING ORDER

Pursuant to Rule 16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court issues the following 

scheduling order. IT IS ORDERED THAT: 

1. The parties shall file all amended or supplemental pleadings and shall join additional 

parties on or before September 30, 2021. 

2. All parties asserting claims for relief shall file and serve on all other parties their 

designation of potential witnesses, testifying experts, and proposed exhibits, and shall serve on all 

other parties, but not file, the materials required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) on 

or before January 31, 2022. Parties resisting claims for relief shall file and serve on all other 

parties their designations of potential witnesses, testifying experts, and proposed exhibits, and shall 

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

26(a)(2)(B) on or before February 28, 2022. All designations of rebuttal experts shall be filed and 

served on all other parties not later than 14 days of receipt of the report of the opposing expert, and 

the materials required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) for such rebuttal experts, to 

the extent not already served, shall be served, but not filed, on all other parties not later than 14 

days of receipt of the report of the opposing expert. 
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3. The parties asserting claims for relief shall submit a written offer of settlement to 

opposing parties on or before September 24, 2021, and each opposing party shall respond, in 

writing, on or before October 1, 2021. All offers of settlement are to be private, not filed, and the 

Court is not to be advised of the same. The parties are further ORDERED to retain the written 

offers of settlement and responses as the Court will use these in assessing attorney’s fees and court 

costs at the conclusion of trial. 

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

filed on or before January 31, 2022. 

5. Any 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, not later than 14 days of receipt of the written report of the 

expert’s proposed testimony or not later than 14 days of the expert’s deposition, if a deposition is 

taken, whichever is later. The failure to strictly comply with this paragraph will be deemed a 

waiver of any objection that could have been made pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702.

6. The parties shall complete discovery on or before March 18, 2022. Counsel may, by 

agreement, continue discovery beyond the deadline, but there will be no intervention by the Court 

except in extraordinary circumstances, and no trial setting will be vacated because of information 

obtained in post-deadline discovery. 

7. All dispositive motions shall be filed and served on all other parties on or before April 

22, 2022 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 14 days after the service of the response 
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and shall be limited to 10 pages, but the Court need not wait for the reply before ruling on the 

motion. 

The parties shall not complete the following paragraph 8. It will be completed by the 

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

8. This case is set for final pretrial conference, in chambers, on the __________ day of 

________________________________, 20_________, at _______________ and ____________ 

trial in the month of _______________________________ 20__________. 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. 

SIGNED this _________ day of ____________________________, 20__________.

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LEE YEAKEL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

AGREED:

/s/ Mohammed O. Badwan

Mohammed O. Badwan, Esq.

SULAIMAN LAW GROUP, LTD.

2500 South Highland Avenue 

Suite 200 

Lombard, Illinois 60148 

(630) 575-8180

mbadwan@sulaimanlaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiff

/s/ 

Anna-Katrina S. Christakis

Matthew O. Stromquist

Pilgrim Christakis LLP

321 North Clark Street, 26th Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Ph.: (312) 939-0920

Fax: (312) 939-0983

kchristakis@pilgrimchristakis.com

mstromquist@pilgrimchristakis.com

Counsel for Defendant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Mohammed O. Badwan, an attorney, certify that on August 31, 2021, the foregoing 

document was filed electronically using the Court’s CM/ECF system, which will accomplish service 

on all counsel of record.

 /s/ Mohammed O. Badwan