Opinion
8:23CV50
03-18-2024
CHRISTOPHER A. BEHRENS, Plaintiff, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; Defendant.
SECOND AMENDED CASE PROGRESSION ORDER
MICHAEL D. NELSON UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This matter comes before the Court on the parties' Joint Motion to Amend Case Progression Order (Filing No. 46). The parties have set mediation for June 13, 2024. After review of the parties' motion, the Court finds good cause to grant the requested extensions. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Amend Case Progression Order (Filing No. 46) is granted, and the amended case progression order is amended as follows:
1) The parties shall notify the undersigned magistrate judge as to the outcome of mediation on or before June 20, 2024.
2) The deadlines for identifying expert witnesses and completing expert disclosures1 for all experts expected to testify at trial, (both retained experts, (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B)), and non-retained experts, (Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(C)), are:
For the plaintiff: July 19, 2024
For the defendant: August 19, 2024
Plaintiff's rebuttal: September 20, 2024
3) The deadline for completing written discovery under Rules 33, 34, 36, and 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is October 18, 2024. Motions to compel written discovery under Rules 33, 34, 36, and 45 must be filed by November 1, 2024.
Note: A motion to compel, to quash, or for a disputed protective order shall not be filed without first contacting the chambers of the undersigned magistrate judge on or before the motion to compel deadline to set a conference to discuss the parties' dispute, and after being granted leave to do so by the Court.
4) The planning conference scheduled for June 26, 2024, is cancelled. The trial and pretrial conference will not be set at this time. A planning conference to discuss case progression, dispositive motions, the parties' interest in settlement, and the trial and pretrial conference settings will be held with the undersigned magistrate judge on October 30, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. by telephone. Counsel shall use the conferencing instructions assigned to this case to participate in the conference.
1 While treating medical and mental health care providers are generally not considered “specially retained experts,” not all their opinions relate to the care and treatment of a patient. Their opinion testimony is limited to what is stated within their treatment documentation. As to each such expert, any opinions which are not stated within that expert's treatment records and reports must be separately and timely disclosed. 5) The deposition deadline, including but not limited to depositions for oral testimony only under Rule 45, is November 1, 2024. The maximum number of depositions that may be taken by the plaintiffs as a group and the defendants as a group is twelve (12).
6) The deadline for filing motions to dismiss and motions for summary judgment is November 15, 2024.
7) The deadline for filing motions to exclude testimony on Daubert and related grounds is November 22, 2024.
8) The parties shall comply with all other stipulations and agreements recited in their Rule 26(f) planning report that are not inconsistent with this order.
9) All requests for changes of deadlines or settings established herein shall be directed to the undersigned magistrate judge. Such requests will not be considered absent a showing of due diligence in the timely progression of this case and the recent development of circumstances, unanticipated prior to the filing of the motion, which require that additional time be allowed.