United States ex rel. Houpt v. Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

          CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER (STANDARD TRACK)

          Honorable Candy W. Dale United States Magistrate Judge.

         Order In accordance with the agreements reached in the telephone scheduling conference held between counsel and the Court on April 5, 2018, and to further the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of this matter, NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the following deadlines and procedures will govern this litigation:

         1. Dispositive Motion Deadline: All dispositive motions, including motions for punitive damages, must be filed by January 4, 2019.^[1]

         2. Amendment of Pleadings and Joinder of Parties: Motions to amend pleadings and join parties, except for allegations of punitive damages, must be filed on or before October 8, 2018. This deadline will be extended only for good cause shown.^[2]

         3. Alternative Dispute Resolution: The parties have chosen to participate in a judicially supervised settlement conference. ADR must be held by November 1, 2018. Within seven (7) days of this Order, the parties are directed to contact Keith Bryan, the ADR Coordinator, at (208) 334-9067, so that he may assign a settlement conference judge and schedule a date for the settlement conference.

         4. Discovery Plan: All discovery must be in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local Rules for the District of Idaho, and the parties' joint discovery plan which is incorporated herein by reference.

         5. Clawback: Pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 502(d), and Section VIII(a) of the parties' stipulated discovery plan, it is hereby ORDERED that production of a privileged or work-product-protected document, whether inadvertent or otherwise, is not a waiver of privilege or work-product protection in this case or in any other federal or state proceeding.

         6. Completion of Fact Discovery: All fact discovery must be completed by March 8, 2019. This is a deadline for the completion of all fact discovery; it is not a deadline for discovery requests. Discovery requests must be made far enough in advance of this deadline to allow completion of the discovery by the deadline date.

         7. Disclosure of Experts:

a. Plaintiff must disclose the experts intended to be called at trial on or before January 7, 2019.

b. Defendant must disclose the experts intended to be called at trial on or before February 8, 2019.

c. Plaintiff must disclose rebuttal experts intended to be called at trial on or before February 22, 2019.

d. ALL discovery relevant to experts must be completed by: March 29, 2019.

         8. Scheduling of Trial and Pretrial Conference. Plaintiff's counsel must contact courtroom deputy Amy Tate within one week following the entry of a decision on all pending dispositive motions to make arrangements for a telephonic trial setting conference with the Court to set pre-trial and trial deadlines. If no dispositive motion is filed, Plaintiff's counsel must immediately contact the ...