UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA

FORT WAYNE DIVISION

ASIA L MARSHALL )

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v. ) CAUSE NO. 1:15-cv-391-WCL-SLC

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ALLEN COUNTY )

COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS )

NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

IN A PRO SE CASE

( WILLIAM C LEE ) 

In accordance with Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this cause is now set

for a Pretrial Conference before Magistrate Judge Susan L. Collins to be held on Monday, March

28, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., local time.1

Within 21 days of receipt of this Notice, any party appearing pro se and counsel

shall indicate whether the parties are willing to consent to transfer this case to a Magistrate

Judge for all purposes, including trial, by executing and submitting the consent form

separately forwarded to the Clerk at fwclerks@innd.uscourts.gov or by depositing it in the

U.S. mail.

At the conference any party appearing pro se and any counsel shall be prepared to

address the following:

1. A proposed Discovery Plan under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) to be filed no later than 5

business days prior to the pretrial conference. A suitable form of report and discovery plan

 1The following SHALL attend this conference in person:

a. Counsel who live or have offices in Allen County;

b. Parties who live or have offices in Allen County. However, a personal appearance will not be 

 required of incarcerated persons, because they will be contacted by telephone at their place of 

 incarceration.

The following SHALL participate in the conference but MAY participate by telephone:

a. Counsel who have offices outside Allen County;

b. Parties who do not live or have offices in Allen County;

BUT TELEPHONE PARTICIPATION IS ALLOWED ONLY IF the clerk has been notified

(260/423-3000) and given an appropriate telephone number, at least three (3) business days before the

conference. Failure to notify the clerk will result in your not being allowed to participate by phone. 
(“Report of the Parties Planning Meeting”)(hereafter, “Report”), is available on the Court’s

website, innd.uscourts.gov. However, if the Plaintiff is in custody of the United States, a state,

or a state subdivision, no Report is required. See, Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). In either event, at the

conference the Court will address those topics listed at Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) and (c). Failure to

timely file the Report, if required, may result in the imposition of sanctions in accordance with

Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f). At the conference, it is anticipated that the court will approve or modify the

Report, if such a Report is required, and will set a final pretrial conference date and a trial date;

2. If a party is represented by counsel, counsel are to deliver to their client, before the

preliminary pretrial conference, a written estimate of the fees and expenses which their client

will incur if this cause is fully litigated through trial. Counsel shall also file a signed certification

with the Court before the preliminary pretrial conference stating as follows: “I hereby certify that

I have disclosed to my client(s) the anticipated fees and expenses that are likely to be incurred

during each phase of these proceedings through final disposition.”

Enter: February 29, 2016

S/ SUSAN L. COLLINS 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE