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Case 1:04-cv-00913-GMS

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Filed 09/28/2007

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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF DELAWARE

THERESA CROTHER,

: : GEORGE GREEN, : : GREGORY PARISE, : : MICHAEL WHETSTONE, : : v. : TOWN OF DEWEY BEACH, : : SAMUEL MACKERT, : Acting Chief : Dewey Beach Police Department : : PATROLMAN ZACHARY PETTYJOHN, : Dewey Beach Police Department : : PATROLMAN JOHN WHEATLEY, : Dewey Beach Police Department

Civil Action No. 04-913 *** TRIAL BY JURY OF TWELVE DEMANDED

STIPULATED AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER

At Wilmington this

day of

, 2007,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Court's prior Scheduling Orders are amended as follows: 1. Discovery a. Discovery Cut-Off. All discovery in this case shall be initiated so that it

will be completed on or before August 10, 2007. The Court encourages the parties to serve and respond to contention interrogatories early in the case. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the limitations on discovery set forth in Local Rule 26.1 shall be strictly observed. b. Disclosure of Expert Testimony. Plaintiffs shall file their initial Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) disclosures of expert testimony on or before August 31, 2007. Defendants shall file their initial Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 (a) (2) disclosures of expert

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testimony on or before October 19, 2007. To the extent any objection to expert testimony is made pursuant to the principles announced in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), it shall be made by motion no later than the deadline for dispositive motions set forth herein, unless otherwise ordered by the Court. 2. Case Dispositive Motions. All case dispositive motions, an opening brief, and

affidavits, if any, in support of the motion shall be served and filed on or before October 31, 2007. Briefing will be presented pursuant to the Court's Local Rules. 3. Pre-Trial Conference. On [To be determined], 2007, the Court will hold a final

Pre-Trial Conference in Chambers with counsel beginning at [To be determined]. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the parties should assume that filing the Pre-Trial Order satisfies the pre-trial disclosure requirement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(3). The parties shall file with the Court a joint proposed final pre-trial order with the information required by the form of Pre-Trial Order which accompanied the Court's original Scheduling Order dated November 8, 2004 (D. I. 15) on or before [To be determined], 2007. 4. Trial. This matter is scheduled for a three (3) day jury trial beginning at 9:30

a.m. on [To be determined]. For the purpose of completing pre-trial preparations, counsel should plan on each side being allocated a total of eight (8) hours to present their case.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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