UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE AND STATESVILLE DIVISIONS
CIVIL ACTION NO. ___________
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Plaintiff(s), )
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v. ) PRETRIAL ORDER AND CASE
) MANAGEMENT PLAN
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Defendant(s). )
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH the Local Rules Governing Civil Cases in the
Western District of North Carolina (“Local Rules”) and pursuant to Rule 16 of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”), the Court enters the following Pretrial
Order and Case Management Plan in this matter. For represented parties, counsel is
ordered to provide a copy of this Order to each party.
SUMMARY OF CASE SCHEDULE AND DEADLINES
Rule 26 Disclosures [ Deadline date ]
Filing of Proposed Protective Order [ Within 45 days of PTO ]
Joinder of Other Parties [ Deadline date ]
Designation of Mediator [ Within 60 days of PTO ]
Amendment of the Pleadings [ Deadline date ]
Expert Reports:
Plaintiff[s] [ Due date ]
Defendant[s] [ Due date ]
Mediation Report [ By discovery deadline ]
Completion of Discovery [ Date (approx. 8 months after PTO)]
Filing of Dispositive Motions [ No later than 5 months before trial ]
Trial Term [ Date (approx. 14 months after PTO) ]
Revised 6/2026
It is the Court’s intent that the schedule set by this Order will provide
sufficient time for the parties to pursue this action with reasonable diligence.
Accordingly, the parties should expect that requests for extensions of time that are
likely to lengthen the course of this action will be denied in the absence of unusual
and substantial good cause.
I. PLEADINGS AND PARTIES
A. The parties’ deadline to amend the pleadings is ________. [presumptively at
least 3 months prior to the end of discovery].
B. The parties’ deadline to join other parties is ________. [presumptively within 60
days of the entry of the Scheduling Order].
II. MOTIONS
A. MOTIONS AND MEMORANDA IN SUPPORT OF MOTIONS: Every motion
shall be in writing; appropriately filed with the Court; show consultation
between or among counsel in accordance with Local Rule 7.1; and include or be
accompanied by (1) a brief description of the parties and a statement of the
facts relevant to the motion with appropriate citations to the record; (2) a
statement of the party’s legal argument, including citations of authority; and
(3) a clear statement of the ruling or relief being requested. No memorandum
need accompany simple consent motions, motions to continue or for extension
of time, or motions related to the admission or withdrawal of counsel so long
as such motions contain an adequate statement of the basis of the relief sought.
Motions not in compliance with this Order are subject to summary denial.
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B. PROPOSED FORM OF ORDER: All pretrial motions other than motions made
pursuant to FRCP 12(b), 12(c), 23, 56 or 65(a) shall be accompanied at the time
of filing by a proposed order stating the requested relief. This proposed order
must also be separately submitted in a Word document to the Court through
the CyberClerk part of the CM/ECF system, which will automatically send a
copy to the Court. The document’s title should include the case name, case
number, and brief description of the proposed order.
C. RESPONSES AND REPLIES: Responses to motions, if any, must be filed
within 14 days of the date on which the motion is filed. Replies to responses, if
any, must be filed within 7 days of the date on which the response is filed. The
parties are advised that the Court’s CM/ECF system may automatically
generate a due date that is different than set in this Order. In that event, the
time set by this Order controls. A party that does not intend to file a reply must
promptly inform the Court through a CM/ECF filing. Surreplies are not
allowed, but leave of Court may be sought to file a surreply in exceptional
circumstances. Parties may not file a proposed surreply as an exhibit to a
motion seeking leave or otherwise without leave of Court.
D. EXTENSIONS OF TIME: If counsel needs more than 14 days to file a response
or 7 days to file a reply, a motion for extension of time shall be filed,
accompanied by a proposed order. The moving party must show consultation
with opposing counsel regarding the requested extension and must notify the
Court of the views of opposing counsel on the request. If a party fails to make
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the requisite showing, the Court may summarily deny the request for
extension.
E. PAGE LIMITS, FONTS, AND SPACING: The Court finds most persuasive
concise memoranda of law that directly address the relevant facts and legal
issues. Unless prior permission has been granted, the maximum length
permitted for memoranda of law in support or in opposition to a motion is 25
pages (including caption but excluding signatures and certificates of counsel).
Reply memoranda shall not exceed 12 pages. Parties may not file memoranda
exceeding these limits, as an exhibit to a motion seeking leave or otherwise,
without leave of Court. All briefs must be double spaced using the “double
spaced” setting in Word (not 24-point spacing), and all text (including
footnotes) must be in a proportional font of at least 12-point type.
F. USE OF AI: Due to the increase in memoranda prepared using artificial
intelligence (“AI”), the Court has concerns regarding the reliability and
accuracy of filings. An attorney and/or a paralegal acting at the attorney’s
discretion (or the party making the filing if acting pro se) must check every
statement and citation in a document filed with the Court for accuracy. The
Court may summarily strike any filing or motion from the docket, or
summarily deny any motion, that contains hallucinated citations or assertions.
G. EXHIBITS: A copy of all exhibits upon which a party relies in support of or in
opposition to a motion shall be filed with the Court. However, a party may not
file any exhibits that the party does not cite in the motion or a supporting or
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responsive memorandum. A party submitting deposition testimony as an
exhibit shall highlight in yellow the specific portions of the deposition
testimony cited in its brief and shall file only those pages necessary for the
Court to understand the context and highlighted statements. 1 Unless
memoranda or supporting exhibits are sealed, the parties should not deliver
“courtesy copies” to the Judge’s chambers or the Clerk of Court. If memoranda
or supporting exhibits are sealed, the parties shall provide a flash drive to the
Judge’s chambers containing the sealed documents. The documents’ file names
should correspond to the documents’ docket numbers on CM/ECF.
H. MOTIONS DEADLINE: All motions except motions in limine and motions to
continue shall be filed no later than . [no later than 5 months prior to
the scheduled trial term]. Parties may not extend this deadline by agreement,
and stipulated extensions of the completion of discovery do not extend the
Motions Deadline. If a motion for summary judgment is filed by either or both
parties, then the parties shall hold a settlement conference within 14 days of
the completion of the briefing on the motion(s) and file a Certification of
Settlement Conference as ordered below.
I. MOTIONS HEARINGS: Hearings on motions will be conducted when the rules
require a hearing, when the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the
motion do not provide an adequate basis for a decision, or when the Court
determines it would aid the decisional process. Otherwise, the Court will rule
1 The Court prefers parties format transcripts to one transcript page per PDF page.
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on the written record. If a party believes that oral argument would particularly
aid the decisional process, then the party should request oral argument in its
motion or response. The Clerk will notify all parties as far in advance as
possible of the date and time set for any hearing. The Court finds PowerPoint
presentations are often unnecessary for effective oral advocacy and generally
disfavors their use. When they are appropriate, the Court favors concise
presentations that are not duplicative of a party’s brief. Unless the Court
grants prior permission, the maximum length permitted for any PowerPoint
presentation is 15 slides, with 40 or fewer words per slide, using 24-point or
greater font.
III. DISCOVERY
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require that discovery be proportionate
to the needs of the case, considering the issues at stake, the amount in controversy,
the parties’ resources, the importance of the discovery in resolving the issues, and
whether the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit.
The Court expects the parties to follow both the letter and spirit of the rules governing
discovery and focus their discovery requests with the intent to most efficiently resolve
the matter in dispute. The Court reserves the right to shift the costs of production of
discovery to the party requesting it when the Court determines that the request is
not proportionate, or the shifting of costs is otherwise in the interests of justice. Abuse
of the discovery process will not be tolerated, and the Magistrate Judges who will
oversee discovery are empowered to strictly prevent and sanction any such abuse.
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A. DISCOVERY GUIDELINES: Discovery in this case is limited as follows: each
party may propound no more than _____ interrogatories, including subparts to
any other party; _____ requests for admission (excluding requests to admit the
genuineness of a document) to any other party; and _____ requests for
production of documents to any other party; and take no more than _____
depositions (or a specific number of deposition hours) of non-expert witnesses.
[The presumptive limitations on discovery are 25 interrogatories, 25 requests
for admission, 30 requests for production of documents, and 8 depositions (or
40 hours of deposition time, with time allocated based on each counsel’s
questioning regardless of who noticed the deposition)].
B. RULE 26 DISCLOSURES: The parties have agreed to exchange the
information set forth in Rule 26 by _____.
C. RESPONSES TO INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR ADMISSION:
Every response to an interrogatory or request for admission and every
objection thereto shall be preceded by the original number and complete text
of the corresponding interrogatory or request for admission.
D. THE MAINTENANCE OF DISCOVERY MATERIALS: Discovery materials
are NOT to be filed. All counsel are advised to consult the Local Rule which
provides that while depositions, interrogatories, requests for admission, and
responses thereto must still be served on all parties, they are no longer to be
filed unless upon order of the Court. The parties are responsible for the
preservation of any and all discovery materials they may generate.
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E. VIDEO DEPOSITIONS: If video depositions are taken and counsel intend to
use them at trial, counsel are directed to resolve any objections and edit the
video accordingly so that it may be shown without interruption. Failure to do
this prior to trial will result in objections being waived.
F. TRIAL DEPOSITIONS: Depositions taken for the sole purpose of preserving
testimony for trial are not considered discovery for the purposes of this section
provided that (1) the witness will be unavailable for trial for one of the reasons
set forth in FCRP 32(a)(4); (2) the reason for such unavailability is that the
witness resides outside the subpoena power of this Court and the party seeking
to take such deposition has failed, after making a good faith effort, to obtain a
commitment from the witness to testify at trial voluntarily; and (3) such
deposition can be concluded in time so that the portions of the deposition to be
used at trial can be designated and objections thereto resolved at the final
pretrial conference, but in any event, no later than 45 days prior to the trial
date, absent leave of Court upon a showing of good cause for scheduling the
deposition closer to trial. Such depositions should be presented at trial by video
recording whenever possible.
G. PROTECTIVE ORDERS: If one or more of the parties desire entry of a
protective order with respect to discovery, then the parties are required to meet
and confer and file with the Court a joint proposed protective order governing
discovery on or before _______. [within 45 days of the entry of this Pretrial
Order]. If parties cannot agree on the form of the proposed protective order,
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then each party shall submit a proposed protective order. When counsel submit
proposed protective orders, they shall include a provision leaving the ultimate
disposition of protected materials subject to a final order of the Court on the
completion of the litigation. Proposed protective orders must also provide that
any motion, memorandum, document, or other paper filed with the Court is
presumptively a public document, and any decision of the Court regarding
whether to allow any filing to be made under seal is subject to Local Rule 6.1
and applicable law.
H. MOTIONS TO COMPEL: A motion to compel must include a statement by the
movant that the parties have conferred in good faith in an attempt to resolve
the dispute and are unable to do so. Consistent with the spirit, purpose, and
explicit directives of the FRCP and the Local Rules, the Court expects all
parties and counsel to attempt in good faith to resolve discovery disputes
without the necessity of Court intervention. Failure to do so may result in
appropriate sanctions. Further, a party shall, before filing a disputed motion
for an order relating to discovery, request a conference with the Magistrate
Judge in accordance with the Magistrate Judge’s preferences. Only when that
request is denied or an impasse is reached at the conference may the party file
a contested motion for an order relating to discovery. Such conferences may be
conducted in chambers or by conference call and need not be recorded, all in
the discretion of the Magistrate Judge.
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I. DISCOVERY COMPLETION: All discovery shall be complete no later than
_______. [the presumptive time for completion of discovery is approximately 8
months following the entry of the Pretrial Order]. Supplementations per FRCP
26(e) shall be due within 30 days after obtaining applicable information.
Counsel are directed to initiate discovery requests and notice or subpoena
depositions sufficiently in advance of the discovery completion deadline so as
to comply with this Order. Discovery requests that seek responses or schedule
depositions after the discovery completion deadline are not enforceable except
by order of the Court for good cause shown. The parties may consent to
extensions of the discovery completion deadline so long as any such extension
expires no later than 21 days prior to the scheduled trial setting. If a party
requests an extension of time to respond to discovery requests or to extend the
discovery deadline, the result of consultation with opposing counsel must be
stated in the motion.
J. EXPERT WITNESSES: The Plaintiff[s] shall provide reports from its expert
witnesses pursuant to Rule 26(a)(2) by ________. Defendant[s] shall provide
reports from its expert witnesses by ________.
IV. SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS AND MEDIATION
The Court stands ready to adjudicate all cases and controversies appropriately
before the Court. However, litigation in Federal Court requires a substantial
commitment of time, money, and effort notwithstanding the Court’s desire to manage
the litigation efficiently. Through a negotiated settlement of their dispute, the parties
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can avoid the ongoing costs and risks inherent in litigation. Further, in a settlement
the parties can agree on equitable or business solutions or accommodations different
than or beyond those that may be ordered by the Court. Despite the many benefits of
settlement, however, some parties are unwilling to raise the topic of settlement
because of a perception that doing so will hurt their negotiating position. Accordingly,
the Court orders as follows:
A. SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES: To establish regular required settlement
conferences between the parties, the Court orders the parties and/or their
counsel to meet (either in person or by telephone) to meaningfully discuss the
possibility of settling this matter at the following points in the litigation:
1. Prior to the filing of the answer or other response to the complaint as
set forth in the Court’s Standing Order Requiring an Initial Settlement
Conference in Civil Cases. (In the event that no Initial Settlement
Conference has occurred, the parties are ordered to hold such
conference within fourteen days of the entry of this Pretrial Order);
2. At the Initial Attorney’s Conference, as required by FRCP 26(f);
3. Within fourteen days of the completion of the briefing on any motion
for summary judgment; and
4. Five weeks prior to the scheduled trial term.
B. ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES: The settlement conferences
ordered above are not meant to limit the timing of the parties’ efforts to settle
the case. Rather, the parties are encouraged to discuss settlement at any time
that might lead to a resolution of the dispute.
C. CERTIFICATION OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE: Following the Initial
Settlement Conference and the settlement conferences held after briefing on a
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motion for summary judgment and prior to trial, the parties shall file a
Certification of Settlement Conference signed by each party and counsel in the
form attached to the Court’s Standing Order Requiring an Initial Settlement
Conference. The parties are not required to file a certification of any additional
settlement discussions they may have.
D. MEDIATION: In addition to the settlement conferences ordered above, the
parties are ordered to conduct a mediation [or other approved ADR process].
The timing for completing mediation and filing a report on the results is in the
parties’ discretion but shall be completed no later than [presumptively the date
ordered for the completion of discovery].
E. SELECTION OF MEDIATOR: The parties shall select the mediator and notify
the Court of their selection within 60 days of the entry of this Order.
V. TRIAL
A. TRIAL DATE. A [trial by jury or trial by the Court] is scheduled for _______.
[trial term will be set approximately 14 months after the Pretrial Order is
entered; however, if the parties do not expect to file summary judgment
motions, then the trial may be scheduled sooner]. The parties estimate that
the total time needed for trial will be approximately _______ days. The parties
are advised that the length of the trial, which may well be shorter than the
parties’ current estimate, will ultimately be set by the Court at the pretrial
conference.
B. TRIAL SUBPOENAS: Counsel must subpoena all witnesses at least 14 days
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before the trial date. The Court may elect not to enforce subpoenas that have
not been issued in compliance with this deadline or, if requested, may quash
subpoenas that have not been issued in compliance with this deadline.
C. PRETRIAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE: At least five weeks before the
scheduled trial term, the parties shall hold a settlement conference as ordered
above and file a Certification of Settlement Conference.
D. COUNSEL’S DUTIES PRIOR TO TRIAL: At least four full weeks before the
trial date, counsel for all parties shall:
1. Exchange copies of exhibits or permit inspection if copying is impractical;
2. Number and become acquainted with all exhibits;
3. Exchange a list of witnesses expected to be called at trial (which is
non-binding but must be prepared in good faith);
4. Agree upon stipulations of fact and file them with the Court. The parties
are encouraged to stipulate to as many facts as possible to facilitate the
trial of the case;
5. In all jury trials or with respect to all issues to be tried by a jury, file with
the Court a trial brief stating the issues to be tried and addressing all
questions of law and any anticipated evidentiary issues;
6. In all non-jury cases or with respect to all issues to be tried by the Court,
file proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; and
7. File motions in limine, which shall have an expedited briefing schedule as
follows: the response to a motion in limine shall, unless extended by the
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Court for good cause shown, be filed within 10 days, and replies, if any,
must be filed within 4 days of the response. (Note: these due dates will
likely be shorter than the due date automatically generated on the docket,
which should be disregarded).
E. FURTHER PRETRIAL FILINGS: At least 14 days before the trial date,
counsel for the parties shall file with the Court the following documents, which
are described below:
1. Requested questions for voir dire (prepared jointly);
2. Proposed jury instructions (prepared jointly); and
3. Deposition testimony a party intends to offer as evidence at trial.
Counsel should not file deposition designations for any witness that a
party plans to have testify in person or who is unlikely to testify at all.
In the event that a witness is unexpectedly unable or unwilling to appear
or a witness’s deposition testimony becomes unexpectedly necessary,
then counsel will be given a reasonable opportunity to file deposition
designations for that witness.
F. PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS: If a jury trial has been requested,
counsel must prepare and jointly submit a single compilation of proposed jury
instructions that are narrowly tailored to the anticipated issues arising at trial
(e.g., the elements of the claims and defenses at issue), subject to
supplementation at the close of evidence, as necessary, as contemplated by
FRCP 51. Counsel shall identify and index each proposed instruction by
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number and heading and support each proposed instruction with adequate
legal authority. A proposed instruction without a supporting citation may not
be considered. Counsel should number each proposed instruction and shall
submit each proposed instruction on a separate page. Where there is
disagreement as to any instruction, this jointly prepared submission shall
disclose the basis for the party’s objection and (if applicable) provide a proposed
alternate instruction. Counsel should not simply send the Court a collection of
pattern jury instructions that have not been conformed to the particular case.
Also, standard pattern introductory instructions are not required to be
submitted. In addition to filing the joint proposed jury instructions
electronically, counsel should email to the Court’s chambers at
[email protected] a copy of the proposed instructions in a
Word document. The subject line of the email should include the case number,
the case name, and “Proposed Jury Instructions.”
G. JURY VOIR DIRE: Counsel should prepare and jointly file with the Court a
single compilation of voir dire questions that they propose for the Court to ask
prospective jurors, noting any party’s objection to each proposed question. 2 The
Court, after consideration of the requests for voir dire submitted by counsel,
shall conduct jury voir dire pursuant to FRCP 47(a), which may, at the Court’s
discretion, include a short period (e.g., ten minutes) for counsel to participate
in voir dire (without arguing their case). Counsel will be given an opportunity
2 See also No. 3:26-mc-00073-MEO, Standing Order Governing Jury Selection and
Instruction in Civil Cases Before the Honorable Matthew E. Orso.
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to submit additional voir dire for the Court’s consideration based on the
responses of the potential jurors. As with the proposed jury instructions, in
addition to filing the joint proposed voir dire questions electronically, counsel
should email to the Court’s chambers a copy of the proposed questions in a
Word document. The subject line of the email should include the case number,
the case name, and “Jury Voir Dire.”
H. DEPOSITION TESTIMONY: For the deposition testimony required to be filed
with the Court as discussed above in E.3, the parties must prepare and submit
the testimony to the Court as follows:
1. The party originally offering the testimony shall highlight in yellow all
portions of the deposition testimony it will seek to have admitted;
2. That party shall then provide the highlighted copy to the opposing party;
3. The opposing party shall highlight in a different color all portions of the
deposition testimony it will seek to have admitted;
4. The opposing party shall then list briefly in the margins, directly
adjacent to the relevant testimony, any objections it has to that
testimony (e.g., “Rule 401,” “Hearsay”);
5. The opposing party shall then return the document to the party
originally offering the testimony, who will note on the transcript any
objections to the opposing party’s highlighted portion; and
6. The parties shall prepare a document that consecutively lists all the
testimony in each deposition being objected to by either party along with
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a very brief description of the nature of the objection (e.g., “Relevance,”
“Hearsay,” “Rule 403,” “Rule 408”) and a blank line or box where the
Court can rule on the objection.
The party originally offering the testimony shall then file the highlighted
depositions and summary document with the Clerk of Court via CM/ECF. Also,
in addition to the electronic filing, counsel should deliver to the Court’s
chambers two courtesy copies of the highlighted deposition testimony and
email to the Court’s chambers a copy of the summary in a Word document. The
subject line of the email should include the case number, the case name, and
“Deposition Testimony.”
I. FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE: The Court will likely schedule a final
Pretrial Conference one week prior to the scheduled trial setting to consider
the parties’ motions and objections, inquire about the potential settlement of
the matter, and otherwise prepare for trial.
J. WITNESSES AND EXHIBITS: No later than 2 p.m. two business days
immediately preceding the first day of trial (i.e., by 2 p.m. Thursday if trial is
to begin on a Monday) [or earlier if agreed between the parties], counsel for
each party shall file with the Clerk of Court via CM/ECF the following:
1. A witness list containing the name of every proposed witness;
2. A statement of the education, experience, and qualifications of each
expert witness, unless the parties have stipulated to the qualifications
of each expert witness;
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3. Stipulations concerning the authenticity of as many proposed exhibits
as possible; and
4. An exhibit list.
K. EXHIBITS: Parties are expected to use presentation technology available in
the courtroom to display evidence to the jury. Training on the equipment
should be arranged well in advance of trial with the Courtroom Deputy. See
“Courtroom Technology” page on the District website at
www.ncwd.uscourts.gov. Counsel shall provide in electronic format any
exhibits of documents, photographs, videos, and any other evidence that may
be reduced to an electronic file, for the use of Court personnel and the Court’s
Jury Evidence Recording System (“JERS”) during trial. Documents and
photographs shall be in .pdf, .jpg, .bmp, .tif, or .gif format; video and audio
recordings shall be in .avi, .wmv, .mpg, .mp3, .wma, or .wav format. Each
electronic exhibit shall be saved as a separate file, and provided to the Court
on a storage device, such as CD, DVD, or flash drive. Exhibit files shall be
named consistent with their order and name on the exhibit list. For example:
Exhibit 1 - photograph of . . .
Exhibit 2(a) - contract
Exhibit 2(b) - video deposition of . . .
L. FORMAT FOR EXHIBIT LIST: In preparing the exhibit list, counsel shall
separately identify and number each exhibit, arrange the list numerically by
exhibit number, and place the following headings on the exhibit list:
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Exhibit # Description Identified by Admitted
It is not necessary for counsel to make entries in either the “Identified by”
column or the “Admitted” column. Counsel shall also provide an electronic copy
of the exhibit list with the electronic exhibit files.
M. EXHIBIT NOTEBOOKS: If counsel for any party intends to tender more than
fifteen documentary exhibits, counsel for that party shall prepare two identical
exhibit notebooks, or sets of exhibit notebooks, containing only those exhibits
listed on the party’s exhibit list. Exhibits which are voluminous (unless of
particular importance) or which have a very low likelihood of being introduced
even though they have been included on the party’s exhibit list should not be
included in the exhibit notebooks. The exhibit notebooks shall contain an index
of the exhibits and a copy of each exhibit. Counsel shall tab each exhibit
separately (i.e., no group exhibits) and shall numerically arrange each exhibit
notebook or set of exhibit notebooks. The exhibit notebooks are necessary so
that the witness and the Court may each have a set of exhibit notebooks in the
event that technical difficulties prevent the parties from presenting their
exhibits electronically. The parties may seek leave of Court to waive the
requirement of exhibit notebooks where hard copies of the proposed exhibits
would be overly voluminous or otherwise unwieldy.
N. ASSESSMENT OF JURY COSTS: Whenever a civil action scheduled for a jury
trial is settled or otherwise disposed of in advance of the actual trial, the Court
may assess all jury costs, including Marshal’s fees, mileage reimbursement,
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and per diem fees equally against the parties or otherwise may determine
appropriate assessments unless the Clerk’s Office is notified at least one full
business day prior to the date on which the action is scheduled for trial or the
parties otherwise establish good cause why the Court should not assess jury
costs against the parties. When any civil jury trial is settled at trial in advance
of the verdict, the Court likewise may make the same assessments unless the
parties establish good cause why the Court should not do so.
VI. SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PRETRIAL ORDER
Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this Order which causes added
delay or expense to the Court may result in the imposition of sanctions as provided
by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
SO ORDERED.
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