Opinion
21-cv-09184
05-05-2022
MASSACHUSETTS BAY INSURANCE CO. AND HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., Plaintiffs, v. SENECA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., GREAT AMERICAN ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, 2939, LLC, JOHN DOES 1-10, AND ABC CORPORATIONS 1-10, Defendants, and RI XIAN WANG MEI YING LIN LINDA WEISS DAVID WEISS BULSON MANAGEMENT, LLC, Interested Parties.
FIRST SCHEDULING ORDER
McMahon, J.
The Court having convened an initial conference in this action enters the following schedule:
• The parties shall exchange discovery pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a) and respond to all demands for document production by June 20, 2022.
• Discovery disputes in this case will be resolved by the assigned Magistrate Judge, who is Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger. If there is a discovery dispute that counsel cannot resolve on their own, file a letter to Chambers via ECF and ask for an order of reference to the Magistrate Judge for discovery supervision. Thereafter, go directly to the Magistrate Judge for resolution of discovery disputes; do not contact Judge McMahon.
• Counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for Seneca must file a joint status update letter with the court by June24, 2022. The letter should explain (1) whether discovery was produced; (2) whether any disputes that need to be referred to the Magistrate Judge; and (3) whether any party wishes to depose any person and, if so, about what; and (4) any information concerning the status of the pending motion to vacate the default judgment in Continental Indemnity Company v. Bulson Management, LLC, et al. (No. 20-CV-3479 (JMF)).
• The court will notify the parties about next steps after reviewin the status update letter.