Scheduling Order {4-507}

CIVIL FORMS DISTRICT COURT Supreme Court Approved 4-507 May 20, 2002 [ NEW MATERIAL] 1 4-507 2 [District Court Civil 1-016] 3 STATE OF NEW MEXICO 4 COUNTY OF ___________ 5 ___________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT 6 7 _____________________________, Plaintiff 8 9 v. No. ____________10 11 _____________________________, Defendant 12 1 13 SCHEDULING ORDER 14 Pursuant to Rule 1-016 NMRA, the court enters the 15 following scheduling order: 16 1. Motions to amend the pleadings or to join parties shall 17 be filed by ____________________ (date) .18 2. Motions addressed to the pleadings shall be filed by 19 ________________ (date) . 20 * 3. Plaintiffs shall file with the court a list of all lay 21 witnesses who may be called to testify at trial by 22 ____________________ (date) . 23 * 4. Defendants shall file with the court a list of all lay 24 witnesses who may be called to testify at trial by 25 ______________________ (date). 26 * 5. Plaintiffs shall file with the court a list of all 27 expert witnesses who may be called to testify at trial 28 by ____________________ (date) . 29 * 6. Defendants shall file with the court a list of all 30 expert witnesses who may be called to testify at trial <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2 CIVIL FORMS DISTRICT COURT Supreme Court Approved 4-507 May 20, 2002 [ NEW MATERIAL] 1 by ____________________ (date) 2 7. Discovery shall be completed by __________________ 3 (date) . Parties shall seek discovery sufficiently 4 before this date so that persons responding to 5 discovery reasonably may comply with discovery requests 6 prior to the deadline. 7 8. All other motions, except for motions in limine , shall 8 be filed by _______________ (date) . 9 * 9. All parties shall file with the court an exhibit list 10 by _________________ (date). The exhibit list shall 11 state the reasonable place where such exhibits may be 12 inspected and copied. 13 * 10. All parties shall file specific objections to other 14 parties proposed exhibits by ______________ (date). 15 [11. Plaintiffs shall submit their portions of a pretrial 16 order to defendants by ____________________ (date) .17 Defendants shall file the proposed final pretrial order 18 with the court by ____________________ (date) .] 19 [11. All parties shall file a final witness list by 20 ________________ (date). The final witness list shall 21 list "will call" and "may call" witnesses and may 22 include any witnesses listed on any partys earlier 23 witness list but may not include additional witnesses 24 except by leave of court or consent of all parties.] 2 <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 CIVIL FORMS DISTRICT COURT Supreme Court Approved 4-507 May 20, 2002 [ NEW MATERIAL] 1 11. [Proposed jury instructions shall be submitted to the 2 court by ____________________ (date) .] 3 or 4 [Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law shall 5 be filed with the court by ____________________ 6 (date) .] 7 12. Motions in limine shall be filed by __________________ 8 (date) . 9 13. Dates contained in paragraphs of this order marked with 10 an asterisk (*) may be modified by written agreement of11 all parties, without court approval. Only the court, 12 for good cause, may change other dates. 13 14. This matter is set for [jury] [non-jury] trial on 14 ___________________ (date) [on a trailing docket].15 __________________________16 District Judge 17 18 USE NOTES 19 20 1. Dates should be in consecutive order. 21 22 2. Dates should be calendar dates, not "___ days 23 after entry of this order", or "___ days before trial". 24 25 3. Depending on the complexity of the case, the court 26 may wish to use the paragraphs that are bracketed, which 27 require submission of a pretrial report and final witness 28 list. 29 30 4. This form may be adapted to local practice. For 31 example, the court may want to require settlement 32 conferences or pretrial conferences, or may schedule docket 33 calls, etc. 34 3 <<<<<<<<<********>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 CIVIL FORMS DISTRICT COURT Supreme Court Approved 4-507 May 20, 2002 [ NEW MATERIAL] 1 5. If a scheduling order is not appropriate, the 2 court shall enter an order indicating that no scheduling 3 order will be entered, indicating the reason, and shall set 4 the case for trial not later than eighteen (18) months after 5 the filing of the complaint. Rule 1-016(B) NMRA. 6 7 [Approved, effective July 1, 2002.] 8 4