Opinion
20201-13 20207-13
11-29-2023
ZUBAIR M. KAZI ET AL., Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Cary Douglas Pugh Judge
These cases are currently set for trial at the Court's July 29, 2024, Jacksonville, Florida Special Trial Session. On November 13, 2023, the parties filed a joint Status Report setting forth a proposed pretrial schedule. Upon due consideration and for cause, it is hereby
ORDERED that on or before February 11, 2024, the parties shall file further status reports. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before March 1, 2024, the parties shall file any dispositive motions, including motions for summary judgment or partial summary judgment. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before March 1, 2024, the parties shall serve notices of deposition on fact witnesses, or file motions to take depositions of fact witnesses. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before March 29, 2024, the parties shall file any responses to dispositive motions, including oppositions to motions for summary judgment or partial summary judgment. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before April 1, 2024, the parties shall serve any remaining informal discovery requests. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before April 30, 2024, the parties shall lodge a third stipulation of facts and/or third stipulation of settled issues, or, if neither is lodged, file a status report regarding stipulations. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before April 30, 2024, the parties shall identify any casein-chief expert witnesses, by exchanging the expert's name and business address, the expert's curriculum vitae, a list of all publications authored by the expert within the preceding ten years, a list of other cases for which the witness has testified as an expert at trial or by deposition within the preceding four years, and a summary of anticipated topics of the expert's testimony. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before May 15, 2024, the parties shall serve any requests for formal discovery, including requests for production of documents and interrogatories. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before May 15, 2024, the parties shall file any requests for admissions. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before May 15, 2024, the parties shall exchange and lodge with the Court (by filing a separate notice for each report) any case-in-chief reports by expert witnesses. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before May 22, 2024, the parties shall exchange, for each case-in-chief expert witness report, a list of documents and other information considered by that expert in forming the expert's opinions, and exchange all documents considered by the expert but not previously produced during the discovery and stipulation process, and exchange copies of all workpapers prepared or used in connection with the case-in-chief expert witness reports, except those protected from discovery by Rule 70(c)(3) and (4), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before May 30, 2024, the parties shall file any motion for continuance. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before May 30, 2024, the parties shall complete any discovery depositions, except as may pertain to any rebuttal expert witness. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before June 14, 2024, the parties shall file any objections to requests for admissions. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before June 14, 2024, the parties shall exchange and lodge any rebuttal reports of expert witnesses. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before June 21, 2024, the parties shall exchange, for each rebuttal expert witness report, a list of documents and other information considered by that expert in forming the expert's opinions, and exchange all documents considered by the expert but not previously produced during the discovery and stipulation process, and exchange copies of all workpapers prepared or used in connection with the rebuttal expert witness reports, except those protected from discovery by Rule 70(c)(3) and (4), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. It is further
ORDERED that, on or June 24, 2024, the parties shall file any motions to compel production of documents, motions to compel responses to interrogatories, and motions to determine the sufficiency of admissions. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before June 24, 2024, the parties shall file any motions to compel stipulation under Rule 91(f), Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before June 24, 2024, the parties shall file any other pretrial motions, including motions in limine with regard to expert witness reports or other evidentiary issues. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before July 1, 2024, the parties shall file pretrial memoranda, including identification of witnesses with a brief summary of their anticipated testimony. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before July 8, 2024, the parties shall file responses to all discovery motions, to motions to compel stipulation under Tax Court Rule 91(f). It is further
ORDERED that on or before July 8, 2024, the parties shall file responses to any motions in limine with respect to expert witness reports, or to any other previously filed pretrial motion. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before July 15, 2024, the parties shall exchange final exhibits lists, any documents anticipated to be offered into evidence not previously exchanged (excluding documents subject to subpoena or intended solely for impeachment) and any demonstrative exhibits. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before July 15, 2024, the parties shall submit to the Court any proposed trial exhibits. It is further
ORDERED that, on or before July 22, 2024, the parties shall file any further motions in limine with respect to evidentiary issues. A party's decision to not file a motion in limine when an evidentiary objection has been made in a pretrial memorandum, a stipulation of facts, or any other filing, shall not be considered a waiver of such objection.