Opinion
10703-19 10704-19
12-21-2021
CFM INSURANCE, INC., Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Mark V. Holmes Judge
These cases have been assigned to this division of the Court. Petitioners asked for a delay in trial due to a personal event of some significance. Respondent didn't object, and the Court has been able to secure the courtroom for a new date. That date will then trigger some other deadlines; there are also a number of pending motions that require some response. After discussing this with the parties last week it is
ORDERED that these case are continued from the April 25, 2022 Chicago, IL special session and are now calendared for trial at a special session of the Court starting at 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Room 3908 of the Kluczynski Federal Building, located at 230 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. Trial of these cases is also scheduled to continue, if necessary, during the week of Monday, June 6, 2022. This order constitutes official notice to the parties of that trial.
It is also
ORDERED that on or before January 3, 2022 the parties shall file a joint status report proposing a pretrial order that shall include dates for at least the following events:
1. Deadlines for any remaining informal and formal discovery.
2. Identification of each witness expected to be called by name, address, qualifications of the witness, and a brief summary of the expected testimony of each such witness.
3. Deadline for filing discovery motions.
4. Deadline for exchange and lodging with the Court of any expert witness reports.
5. Deadline for filing any motions concerning stipulations of fact.
6. Deadline for submitting any dispositive motions.
7. Deadline for submitting any other pretrial motions (e.g., motions in limine to exclude evidence or to shift the burden of proof).
8. Identification and exchange of any exhibits that each party may offer into evidence as part of his case in chief (excluding only exhibits to be used solely for impeachment).
9. Lodging of stipulations of fact with Court. 10. Submission of trial memoranda with Court. It is also
ORDERED that on or before January 14, 2022 respondent shall file a response to petitioners' December 10, 2021 motion for a protective order. It is also
ORDERED that on or before January 14, 2022 petitioners shall file a response to respondent's December 15, 2021 first amended motion to compel responses to interrogatories. It is also
ORDERED that on or before January 21, 2022 respondent shall file a response to petitioners' December 13, 2021 motion for partial summary judgment filed in docket number 10704-19.