Opinion
17-cv-11812
05-17-2022
ANGELA J. FIELDS, Plaintiff, v. PIERRE OCTAVIUS ASHFORD, et al., Defendants.
ORDER ON STATUS CONFERENCE
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
On April 20, 2022, the Court issued an order that, among other things, (1) granted Plaintiff Angela Fields' motion to amend her witness list and name a new vocational expert and (2) directed that the expert be made available for a deposition by no later than May 30, 2022. (See Order, ECF No. 131.)
Fields has since retained Ronald Smolarski as her new vocational expert. On May 17, 2022, the Court held an on-the-record video status conference with counsel for all parties to discuss the scheduling of Mr. Smolarski's deposition. For the reasons explained on the record during the status conference, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
• Mr. Smolarski shall be deposed by no later than June 3, 2022.
• Mr. Smolarski's deposition may take place by video.
• Mr. Smolarski shall provide Defendants with three dates that he is available for deposition before June 3, 2022. One date may be May 17, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. Mr. Smolarski shall also provide Defendants with two additional dates for his deposition. These two additional dates may be outside of the traditional 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. workday, but they shall not be on weekends. Finally, the two dates shall not be during the week of May 23, 2022.
• If Mr. Smolarski cannot make himself available for a deposition as set forth above, the Court will prohibit him from testifying at trial.
IT IS SO ORDERED.