Opinion
22-cv-06414-PGG
11-03-2022
KELLY JUNE BROGAN, Plaintiff, v. TARGET CORPORATION and JOHN DOE, first and last name being fictitious and unknown, Defendants.
INITIAL CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN
SARAH L. CAVE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
This action has been referred, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A), to Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave for general pretrial management, including scheduling discovery, non-dispositive pretrial motions, and settlement. All pretrial motions and applications, including those relating to scheduling and discovery (but excluding motions to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings, for injunctive relief, for summary judgment, or for class certification under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23) must be made to Magistrate Judge Cave and must comply with her Individual Practices, available on the Court's website at https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/hon-sarah-l-cave.
Having reviewed the parties' proposed case management plan (ECF No. 10-1 (the “PCMP”)), the Court forgoes scheduling an initial case management conference, and orders as follows:
1. The parties' PCMP is ADOPTED, and the Court orders as follows:
a. No additional parties may be joined except with leave of the Court. Except for good cause shown, any motion to join additional parties must be filed by December 5, 2022.
b. The last date to amend any pleading pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a) is December 5, 2022. Amendment of pleadings after this date will only be permitted upon a showing of “good cause” under Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(b)(4).
c. Fact discovery shall be completed by February 3, 2023, and shall proceed as follows:
i. Initial requests for the production of documents shall be served by November 10, 2022.
ii. Initial sets of interrogatories shall be served by November 10, 2022.
iii. Requests to admit shall be served by January 10, 2023.
iv. Depositions shall be completed by February 3, 2023.
d. By February 10, 2023, the parties shall file a joint letter certifying the completion of fact discovery.
e. Expert discovery shall be completed by March 3, 2023, and shall proceed as follows:
i. Party-proponent disclosures shall be served by February 3, 2023.
ii. Party-opponent disclosures shall be served by February 17, 2023.
iii. Expert depositions shall be completed by March 3, 2023.
f. By March 10, 2023, the parties shall file a joint letter certifying the completion of expert discovery.
a. Parties seeking to make post-discovery dispositive motions shall file shall submit a letter addressed to the Honorable Paul G. Gardephe in accordance with Rule 4(A) of the Judge Gardephe's Individual Practices by March 10, 2023.
Opposition letters are due by March 15, 2023.
2. A status conference is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 11:00 am on the Court's conference line. The parties are directed to call: (866) 390-1828; access code: 3870-9799, at the scheduled time. By January 4, 2023, the parties shall a joint letter reporting on the status of discovery.
SO ORDERED.