,
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
Plaintiff(s), DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
v. Civil Action No. ( )
, PRETRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER
Defendant(s).
THIS MATTER having come before the Court for an initial scheduling conference
pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on Click here to enter a date.; and the Court
having conferred with counsel; and good cause appearing for the entry of this Order:
IT IS on this day of , 2026
ORDERED THAT:
I. DISCLOSURES
1. The initial disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 must be served by Click here to enter a
date..
2. If appropriate, counsel must file the disclosure of third-party litigation funding required by
L. Civ. R. 7.1.1 no later than Click here to enter a date.
3. If appropriate, Counsel must conduct the e-discovery conference required by Fed. R. Civ.
P. 26(f) and L. Civ. R. 26.1(d) no later than Click here to enter a date..
II. DISCOVERY CONFIDENTIALITY ORDERS
4. Any proposed confidentiality order agreed to by the parties must comply with Fed. R. Civ.
P. 26(c) and L. Civ. R. 5.3. Any such order must be clearly designated “Discovery
Confidentiality Order.” Id.
III. DISCOVERY
5. All parties must conduct discovery expeditiously and diligently. In addition, all discovery
conducted must be proportional to the needs of the case considering the factors set forth in
Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1).
6. The parties’ initial written discovery requests must be served by Click here to enter a date..
7. In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 33, the parties may serve twenty-five (25) single
interrogatories (including all sub-parts). In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 30, the
parties are limited to ten (10) depositions per side.
8. No objections to questions posed at depositions shall be made other than as to form or
privilege. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(d)(3)(A). No instruction not to answer shall be given
unless a privilege is implicated.
9. Any motion to amend the pleadings or to join new parties, whether by amended or third-
party complaint, must be filed by Click here to enter a date..
10. All fact discovery, including any third-party depositions, is to be complete by Click here to
enter a date.. No discovery is to be issued or conducted after this date.
11. Any party intending to file a dispositive motion must first seek leave of the Court by way
of a letter application. All calendar or dispositive motions, if permitted, shall comply with
L. Civ. R. 7.1(b) and 78.1.
12. Dispositive motions, if any, shall be filed by a date to be determined.
13. Counsel must meet and confer in a good faith effort to resolve any discovery or case
management dispute before bringing such dispute to the attention of the Court. See L. Civ.
R. 16.1(f)(1). Any unresolved disputes must be brought to the Court’s attention promptly,
in compliance with paragraph 6 of Magistrate Judge Quinn’s Case Management Order,
which is available on the District Court’s Website. (See
JTQPreferencesCaseManagementOrder.pdf (uscourts.gov)).
14. No motion, including discovery motions, shall be made without prior leave of Court.
IV. EXPERTS
15. All affirmative expert disclosures and reports (liability and damages) must be served by
Click here to enter a date.. All such reports must be in the form and content required by Fed.
R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B).
16. All responding expert disclosures and reports must be served by Click here to enter a date..
All such reports shall be in the form and content as described above.
17. All expert depositions are to be concluded by Click here to enter a date..
18. No expert shall testify at trial as to any opinions or base those opinions on fact not
substantially disclosed in his or her report.
V. FUTURE CONFERENCES
19. The Court will conduct a telephone status conference on Click here to enter a date. at ___ ;
Counsel for Plaintiff is directed to initiate the call to (609) 989-2144. The parties are
directed to submit a joint status letter three (3) days prior to the conference.
20. Counsel must confer at least 48 hours in advance of each Court appearance to confirm
attendance and to review any matters to be discussed with the Court.
21. The Court may from time-to-time schedule conferences as may be required, either sua
sponte or at the request of a party. Failure to appear at such conferences, or to comply with
the terms of this or any Court Order, may result in the imposition of sanctions.
22. Counsel should be prepared to discuss settlement at every conference with the Court. Lead
trial counsel and client(s) with full settlement authority are required to appear at any
settlement conference conducted by the Court. In cases involving insurance companies
and other corporate or business entities, it is expected that the executive who will make the
final decision regarding settlement will be the person available for the conference.
23. Since all dates set forth herein are established with the assistance and knowledge of
counsel, there will be no extensions except for good cause shown and by leave of the Court,
even with consent of all counsel.
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
24. Any party or counsel that uses generative artificial intelligence (excluding Westlaw and
LexisNexis) in any filing either addressed to or to be decided by Judge Quinn shall file a
certification with that document, stating that all legal and factual citations in the
document(s) have been checked for accuracy.
HON. JUSTIN T. QUINN
United States Magistrate Judge
**AS OF MAY 2026
