Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-cv-00119-REB-BNB.
August 29, 2011
ORDER
This matter arises on the following:
(1) Joint Motion for an Order Granting Motion to Reconsider Scheduling Order [Doc. # 46, filed 8/25/2011] (the "Motion to Extend Schedule");
(2) Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration of Magistrate's Scheduling Order [Doc. # 30, filed 6/24/2011] (the "Motion to Reconsider");
(3) Plaintiff's Motion for Protective Order [Doc. # 31, filed 6/24/2011];
(4) Plaintiff's Motion for Extension of Time to Amend Complaint [Doc. # 32, filed 6/24/2011] (the "Motion re Amendment"); and
(5) Defendant's Unopposed Motion to Amend Scheduling Order to Extend Deadline for Joinder of Parties and Amendment of Pleadings [Doc. # 35, filed 6/30/2011] (the "Motion re Joinder").
This case initially was assigned to Judge Walker D. Miller. It was reassigned to Judge Robert E. Blackburn [Doc. # 41] on August 2, 2011. Judge Blackburn set the case for trial commencing April 16, 2012. Trial Preparation Conference Order [Doc. # 43, filed 8/10/2011].
It appears that the relief requested by the Motion to Extend Schedule [Doc. # 46] subsumes the relief sought in the other pending motions.
IT IS ORDERED:
(1) The Motion to Extend Schedule [Doc. # 46] is GRANTED, and the case schedule is modified to the following extent:
(a) Deadline to complete Rule 26(a)(1) disclosures: September 13, 2011;
(b) Deadline for joinder of parties and amendment of pleadings: September 13, 2011;
(c) Expert Disclosures:
(i) The parties shall designate all experts and provide opposing counsel with all information specified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) on or before October 28, 2011;
(ii) The parties shall designate all rebuttal experts and provide opposing counsel with all information specified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2) on or before November 30, 2011;
(d) Discovery Cut-Off: December 30, 2011 (All discovery must be completed by the discovery cut-off. All written discovery must be served so that responses are due on or before the discovery cut-off); and
(e) Dispositive Motions Deadline: December 30, 2011.
(2) The Motion to Reconsider [Doc. # 30] is DENIED as moot;
(3) The Motion for Protective Order [Doc. # 31] is DENIED as moot;
(4) The Motion re Amendment [Doc. # 32] is DENIED as moot; and
(5) The Motion re Joinder [Doc. # 35] is DENIED as moot.