UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
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SCHEDULING ORDER
The scheduling recommendations provided by the parties on
xx/xx/xxxx (Dkt no. xx) are adopted by the Court. Therefore, the following dates
are entered to control the course of this case:
1. The parties must mediate this case on or before date and file a report in
accordance with Rule 88 after the mediation is completed.
2. The parties asserting claims for relief shall submit a written offer of
settlement to opposing parties by ______________ and each opposing party shall
respond, in writing, by _______________________.
3. The parties shall file all motions to amend or supplement pleadings or to
join additional parties by _______________________.
4. All parties asserting claims for relief shall file their designation of
testifying experts and shall serve on all parties, but not file, the materials required
by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) by _______________. Parties resisting claims for
relief shall file their designation testifying experts and shall serve on all parties, but
not file the materials required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) by
___________________. All designations of rebuttal experts shall be designated
within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the report of the opposing expert.
5. An objection to the reliability of an expert's proposed testimony under
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 shall be made by motion, specifically stating the
basis for the objection and identifying the objectionable testimony, within thirty
(30) days of receipt of the written report of the expert's proposed testimony, or
within thirty (30) days of the expert's deposition, if a deposition is taken,
whichever is later.
6. The parties shall complete all discovery on or before
___________________. Counsel may by agreement continue discovery beyond
the deadline, but there will be no intervention by the Court except in extraordinary
circumstances, and no trial setting will be vacated because of information obtained
in post-deadline discovery.
7. All dispositive motions shall be filed no later than _________________.
Dispositive motions as defined in Local Rule CV-7(c) and responses to dispositive
motions shall be limited to twenty (20) pages in length. Replies, if any, shall be
limited to ten (10) pages in length in accordance with Local Rule CV-7(e). If
parties elect not to file dispositive motions, they must contact the courtroom
deputy on or before this deadline in order to set a trial date.
8. The hearing on dispositive motions will be set by the Court for a date after
the deadline for responses and replies.
9. The Court will set the case for trial by separate order. The order will
establish trial type deadlines to include pretrial matters pursuant to Local Rule CV-
16(e)-(g).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: San Antonio, Texas, DATE.
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DAVID A. EZRA
SENIOR U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
