UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

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STREETGLOW :

Plaintiff :

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v. : Civil Action No. 11-1558(FSH)

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THREE PLANE & CO :

: PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER

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Defendant :

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THIS MATTER having come before the Court for a scheduling conference pursuant to Rule

16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on July 19, 2011; and for good cause shown,

IT IS on this 19th day of July, 2011

ORDERED THAT:

1. If the parteies agree to participate in private mediation, then the parties shall provide the Court

with the name of the mediator no later than July 29, 2011. If the parties seek to participate in mediation

pursuant to L. Civ. R. 301.1, then they shall submit a letter requesting a referral to court-annexed

mediation using a mediator on the Court’s list.; and

2. The plaintiff shall produce its RICO case statement no later than August 19, 2011.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT:

I. COURT DATES

1. There shall be telephone status conferences before the Undersigned on September 28,

2011 at 9:30 a.m. and November 28, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. Plaintiff shall initiate the telephone calls.

2. a. There will be a settlement conference before the Undersigned on January 10, 2012

at 11:00 a.m. 

b. Trial counsel and clients with full settlement authority are required to appear at the

conference and they shall confirm their availability to appear on the date of the conference by filing a

letter no later than December 20, 2011. Absent exceptional, unforeseen personal circumstances, the

confirmed settlement conference will not be adjourned.

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c. If the trial counsel and client with full settlement authority do not appear, the

settlement conference may be cancelled or rescheduled and the noncompliant party and/or attorney may

be sanctioned, which may include an assessment of the costs and expenses incurred by those parties who

appeared as directed.

d. No later than December 20, 2011, each party should submit a confidential

memorandum to the Court, not to exceed 5 pages, summarizing the relevant facts, the respective legal

positions, status of the case, and the client’s position on settlement.

3. The final pretrial conference shall be conducted pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(d) on

June 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. The Final Pretrial Conference will occur even if there are dispositive

motions pending. The Court will adjourn the Final Pretrial conference only if the requesting party

makes a compelling showing that manifest injustice would otherwise result absent adjournment.

II. DISCOVERY AND MOTION PRACTICE

4. a. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 disclosures are to be exchanged on or before August 3, 2011.

b. No later than September 13, 2011, the parties shall submit a proposed discovery

confidentiality order and certification as required by Local Civ. R. 5.3 .

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5. Discovery necessary to engage in meaningful settlement discussions: none.

6. a. The parties may serve interrogatories limited to 25 single questions including subparts

and requests for production of documents on or before August 26, 2011, which shall be responded to

no later than September 26, 2011.

b. Foreign evidence collection shall commence no later than October 3, 2011.

7. The number of depositions to be taken by each side shall not exceed 10. No objections

to questions posed at depositions shall be made other than as to lack of foundation, form or privilege.

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d) (3) (A). No instruction not to answer shall be given unless a privilege is

implicated. The depositions are to be completed no later than April 18, 2012.

8. Fact discovery is to remain open through April 18, 2012. No discovery

is to be issued or engaged in beyond that date, except upon application and for good cause shown.

9. Counsel shall confer in a good faith attempt to informally resolve any and all discovery

disputes before seeking the Court’s intervention. Should such informal effort fail to resolve the dispute,

the matter shall be brought to the Court's attention via a joint letter that sets forth: (a) the request, (b) the

response; (c) efforts to resolve the dispute; (d) why the complaining party believes the information is

relevant and why the responding party’s response continues to be deficient; and (e) why the responding

party believes the response is sufficient. No further submissions regarding the dispute may be submitted

If a party seeks to file under seal information submitted in connection with a request for non1

discovery relief, then the party shall: (1) consult Local Civ. R. 5.3 and (2) contact the Chambers of

the Undersigned for instructions regarding the format for presenting such a motion.

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without leave of Court. If necessary, the Court will thereafter schedule a telephone conference to resolve

the dispute.

No discovery motion or motion forsanctions for failure to provide discovery shall be filed

before utilizing the procedures set forth in these paragraphs without prior leave of Court.

Any unresolved discovery disputes (other than those that arise during depositions) must

be brought before the Court no later than November 15, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. The Court will not entertain

applications concerning discovery matters, informally or otherwise, after this date. If an unresolved

dispute arises at a deposition, then the parties shall contact the Chambers of the Undersigned for

assistance during the deposition.

10. Any motion to amend pleadings or join parties must be filed by October 14, 2011.

11. All dispositive motions shall be discussed in advance of filing with the Undersigned

either in person or by teleconference. Any and all dispositive motions must be filed no later than May

11, 2012 and must be comply with Local Rule 7.1. No pretrial dispositive motions will be entertained

after that date. Any responses shall be submitted no later than May 21, 2012 and any replies shall be

submitted no later than May 29, 2012. The return date shall be June 4, 2012 before the Hon. Faith S.

Hochberg. Her Honor’s chambers will advise the parties if oral argument will be required.

III. EXPERTS

12. All affirmative expert reports shall be delivered by January 18, 2012.

13. All responding expert reports shall be delivered by March 1, 2012.

14. a. All expert reports are to be in the form and content as required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)

(2)(B). No expert shall testify at trial as to any opinions or base those opinions on facts not substantially

disclosed in the experts report.

b. All expert depositions shall be completed by April 18, 2012.

c. Daubert motions shall be filed no later than May 11, 2012.

IV. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE

15. The final pretrial conference shall be conducted pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(d) on

June 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. The final pretrial conference will occur even if dispositive motions are

pending. The Court will adjourn the Final Pretrial conference only if the requesting party makes a

compelling showing that manifest injustice would otherwise result absent adjournment.

16. Not later than 20 working days before the pretrial conference, the parties shall exchange

copies of all proposed trial exhibits. Each exhibit shall be pre-marked with an exhibit number

conforming to the party’s exhibit list.

17. All counsel are directed to assemble at the office of Plaintiff's counsel not later than ten

(10) days before the pretrial conference to prepare the proposed Joint Final Pretrial Order in the form

and content required by the Court. Plaintiff's counsel shall prepare the Joint Pretrial Order and shall

submit it to all other counsel for approval and execution.

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18. With respect to non-jury trials, each party shall submit to the District Judge and to

opposing counsel proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, trial briefs and any hypothetical

questions to be put to an expert witness on direct examination.

19. The original of the Final Pretrial Order shall be delivered to the CHAMBERS of the

Undersigned no later than June 17, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. All counsel are responsible for the timely

submission of the Pretrial Order.

20. The Court expects to engage in meaningful settlement discussions at the final pretrial

conference. Therefore, trial counsel who actually has fullsettlement authority must attend the conference

and clients or other persons with full settlement authority must be available by telephone.

V. MISCELLANEOUS

21. The Court may from time to time schedule conferences as may be required, either sua

sponte or at the request of a party.

22. Since all dates set forth herein are established with the assistance and knowledge of

counsel, there will be no extensions except for good cause shown and by leave of Court, even with

consent of all counsel. Any request to extend any deadline or to adjourn a court event shall be made no

later than three days before the scheduled date and shall reflect: (1) the good cause the requesting party

believes supports the extension or adjournment and (2) whether or not all parties consent to the request.

Absent unforeseen emergent circumstances, the Court will not entertain requests to extend deadlines that

have passed as of the date of the request.

23. A copy of every pleading, document or written communication with the Court shall be

served on all other parties to the action. Any such communication which does not recite or contain a

certification of such service may be disregarded by the Court.

24. Absent permission from Chambers, communications to the Court by facsimile will not

be accepted. All communications to the Court shall be in writing or by telephone conference.

25. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER MAY RESULT

IN SANCTIONS.

s/Patty Shwartz

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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