Opinion
2:24-cv-628 MIS/KRS
11-19-2024
DCP OPERATING COMPANY, LP, and DCP MIDSTREAM, LP, Plaintiffs, v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant.
SCHEDULING ORDER
KEVIN R. SWEAZEA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
THIS MATTER comes before the Court following a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference held on November 19, 2024. At the hearing, the Court adopted the parties' proposed Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan, with slight modifications, as reflected in the dates below:
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall adhere to the following discovery plan:
(a) Maximum of twenty-five (25) interrogatories by each party, with responses due thirty (30) days after service.
(b) Maximum of twenty-five (25) requests for production by each party, with responses due thirty (30) days after service.
(c) Maximum of twenty-five [25] requests for admission by each party, with responses due thirty (30) days after service.
(d) Maximum of ten (10) fact witness depositions by each side. Each deposition (other than a party or expert) is limited to a maximum of four (4) hours unless extended by agreement of the parties.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following case management deadlines shall govern:
(a) Deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion to amend pleadings or join additional parties: December 27, 2024.
(b) Deadline for Defendant to file a motion to amend pleadings or join additional parties: January 13, 2025.
(c) Deadline for Plaintiffs to deliver expert reports to Defendant: February 18, 2025.
(d) Deadline for Defendant to deliver expert reports to Plaintiffs: March 20, 2025.
(e) Deadline for rebuttal expert reports: April 21, 2025.
(f) Termination of discovery: May 19, 2025.
(g) Deadline for supplementing discovery/disclosures: Due within thirty (30) days of receipt of information giving rise to the need for supplementation.
(h) Deadline for motions relating to discovery: June 9, 2025.
(i) Deadline for all other motions: June 20, 2025.
(j) Pretrial order: To be set by the presiding judge.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court must approve any changes to the timing or scope of discovery, other than the parties' agreement to extend the length of a deposition made during the deposition in question. Requests by a party to change the timing or scope of discovery, other than a mutual agreement to extend a deposition reached during the deposition, must be made by motion and before the termination of discovery or the expiration of any applicable deadline. Discovery must be completed on or before the termination of the discovery deadline A written discovery request must be propounded by a date which ensures that the response to that request is due on or before the discovery deadline. The parties are further reminded that the cutoff for motions related to discovery does not relieve the party of the twenty-one (21) day time-period under Local Rule 26.6 to challenge a party's objections to answering discovery. The parties are encouraged to review Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) to ensure they properly disclose all testifying witnesses, not just those for whom a report is required.
SO ORDERED.