Opinion
Civil Action No. 07-cv-01717-PAB-KMT.
December 18, 2008
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the Joint Motion Seeking Revised Briefing Schedule on Motion for Class Certification and Vacating and Resetting Schedule for Expert Disclosures [Docket No. 164]. The parties seek to modify deadlines established by the Court's November 3, 2008, order [Docket No. 139] and by Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya's October 3, 2008, minute order [Docket No. 127]. As a result of the requested modifications, additional deadlines will be modified as well. It is
ORDERED that the joint motion seeking revisions in pretrial schedules [Docket No. 164] is GRANTED. The schedule is modified as follows:
1. Class Certification:
a. Plaintiffs' deadline to file a motion for class certification: February 9, 2009;
b. Defendants' deadline to respond to any motion for class certification: April 10, 2009;
c. Plaintiffs' deadline for reply on class certification: June 12, 2009;
2. The schedule for disclosure of parties' expert witnesses as amended and set forth in Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya's October 3, 2008, minute order [Docket No. 127] is modified as follows:
a. Parties' deadline to disclose expert witnesses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2): September 10, 2009;
b. Parties' deadline to disclose rebuttal witnesses pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2): November 9, 2009;
3. The discovery deadline as amended and set forth in Magistrate Judge Kathleen M. Tafoya's October 3, 2008, minute order [Docket No. 127] is extended to: December 9, 2009;
4. The dispositive motion deadline as amended and set forth in the Court's October 1, 2008, order [Docket No. 125] is extended to: January 8, 2010.
It is further ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Amend the Scheduling Order [Docket No. 113] and defendants' Motion to Amend the Scheduling Order to Stay All Pretrial Deadlines [Docket No. 129] are DENIED as moot.
It is further ORDERED that the parties are advised that no further extensions of these deadlines will be granted except upon a showing of exceptional circumstances.