IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

WESTERN DIVISION

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Plaintiff(s) :

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Defendant(s) :

Case No. ______________

District Judge Susan J. Dlott

JOINT DISCOVERY PLAN

1. MAGISTRATE CONSENT

The Parties:

! unanimously consent to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (c).

! do not unanimously consent to the jurisdiction of the United States Magistrate Judge

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (c).

! unanimously give contingent consent to the jurisdiction of the United States

Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (c), for trial purposes only, in the event

that the District Judge assigned is unavailable on the date set for trial (e.g. because

of other trial settings, civil or criminal).

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Now come all parties to this case, by and through their respective counsel, and hereby jointly

submit to the Court this Joint Discovery Plan, pursuant to the Court’s Pretrial Procedure Outline.

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2. RULE 26(A) DISCLOSURES

! There are no changes that need to be made in the timing, form, or requirement for

disclosures under Rule 26(a). All disclosures required by Rule 26(a)(1) have been

made by the parties hereto or will be made by the time of the scheduled Preliminary

Pretrial Conference.

! The parties agree to delay the initial disclosure until _________________. The

purpose of delay is

! to give the Court time to rule on the pending dispositive motion.

! ____________________________________________________________.

3. DISCOVERY ISSUES AND DATES

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C. Claims of Privilege or Protection. The parties have discussed issues regarding the

protection of information by a privilege or the work-product doctrine, including

whether the parties agree to a procedure to assert these claims after production or

have any other agreements under Fed. R. Evid. 502.

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protection as trial preparation materials:

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D. The parties recommend that discovery

! need not be bifurcated

! should be bifurcated between liability and damages

! should be bifurcated between factual and expert

! should be limited in some fashion or focused upon particular issues which

relate to ______________________________________

E. Disclosure and report of plaintiff expert(s) by

F. Disclosure and report of defendant expert(s) by

G. Discovery cutoff

H. Anticipated discovery problems

! ____________________________________________________________.

! None

4. LIMITATIONS ON DISCOVERY

A. Changes in the limitations on discovery

! Extension of time limitations (currently one day of seven hours) in taking of

depositions to __________________.

! Extension of number of depositions (currently 10) permitted to __________.

! Extension of number of interrogatories (currently 25) to ________________.

! Other: ______________________________________________________.

! None

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Plaintiff contends there may be document preservation issues. Defendant does not agree.

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B. Protective Order

! A protective order will likely be submitted to the Court on or before

_______________.

! The parties currently do not anticipate the need for a protective order. If the

parties subsequently deem that one is necessary, they will submit a joint

proposed order to the Court. Such order will be in compliance with )0*3-

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5. OTHER COURT ORDERS UNDER RULE 26(C) OR RULE 16(B) AND (C)

! The plaintiff anticipates the need for the Court to set a deadline to allow for the

amendment of the complaint to

! add parties.

! add additional claims.

! add factual allegations to support original claim(s).

! ____________________________________________________________.

Signatures: ____________________ __________________________

Attorney for Defendant(s)

___________________________

Attorney for Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s)

____________________

Attorney for Plaintiff(s)

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S. Reed Morgan

Grant S. Cowan

Raymond L. Massey

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