United States District Court, D. Idaho
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel. CHARLES W. HOUPT, Plaintiffs,
v.
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Defendant.
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 ...