The opinion of the court was delivered by: Garland E. Burrell, Jr. United States District Judge
STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) ORDER
The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled for hearing on June 25, 2012, is vacated since the parties' Joint Status Report filed on June 11, 2012 ("JSR") indicates the following Order should issue.
DOE DEFENDANTS, SERVICE, JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AMENDMENT
Plaintiff indicates in the JSR that "[e]fforts to identify possible 'doe' defendants will be completed within 180 days." (JSR 2:4-5.) Therefore, Plaintiff has until December 10, 2012, to file a motion in which leave is sought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) to file an Amended Complaint substituting a named defendant in place of a Doe defendant. The referenced motion must be noticed for hearing on the Court's earliest available law and motion date. If leave is not sought as stated, Does 1 through 50 will be automatically dismissed from this action.
Further, other than an amendment that could be authorized if all or part of the now pending dismissal motion is granted, no further service, joinder of parties, or amendments to pleadings is permitted, except with leave of Court for good cause shown.
ADDED DEFENDANT'S OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK AMENDMENT OF THIS ORDER
If Plaintiff substitutes a named defendant in place of a Doe defendant, a copy of this Order shall be served on that defendant concurrently with the service of process.
That defendant has 30 days after said service within which to file a "Notice of Proposed Modification of Status Order." Although a newly-joined party's proposed modification filed within this thirty day period will not have to meet the good cause standard, no further amendments will be permitted, except with leave of Court for good cause shown.
All discovery shall be completed by June 12, 2013. In this context, "completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate orders, if necessary, and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been complied with or, alternatively, the time allowed for such compliance shall have expired.
Each party shall comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2)(B) and (C)'s initial expert witness disclosure requirements on or before January 11, 2013, and any contradictory and/or rebuttal expert disclosure authorized under Rule 26(a)(2)(D)(ii) on or before February 11, 2013.
The last hearing date for a motion is August 12, 2013, commencing at 9:00 a.m.*fn1 A motion shall be briefed as prescribed in Local Rule 230.
The parties are cautioned that an untimely motion characterized as a motion in limine may be summarily denied. A motion in limine ...