UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION v. Case No. ________________________/ ORDER FOR PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL AND SCHEDULING CONFERENCE Pursuant to Rule 16(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.05(a), IT IS ORDERED THAT: (a) A Preliminary Pretrial and Scheduling Conference will be held on _________________________________________, in Courtroom No. 10C, Tenth Floor, United States Courthouse, 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, Florida. (b) The Preliminary Pretrial and Scheduling Conference shall be attended by all counsel of record at the time of the conference, and any unrepresented party. When counsel of record appears on behalf of a particular party, such counsel shall be either the trial counsel or the counsel empowered to direct the course of litigation and with the power to enter into settlements on behalf of the represented party. (c) At the Preliminary Pretrial and Scheduling Conference, all counsel of record, and any unrepresented party, shall be prepared to discuss with the Court the following matters: (1) formulation and simplification of the issues, including the elimination of frivolous claims or defenses; (2) the necessity or desirability of amendments to the pleadings; (3) the possibility of obtaining admissions of fact and of documents which will avoid unnecessary proof, stipulations regarding the authenticity of documents, and advance rulings from the Court on the admissibility of evidence; American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com (4) the avoidance of unnecessary proof and of cumulative evidence; (5) the identification of witnesses and documents, the need and schedule for filing and exchanging pretrial briefs, and the date or dates for further conferences and for trial; (6) the advisability of referring matters to a magistrate judge or master; (7) the possibility of settlement or the use of extrajudicial procedures to resolve the dispute; (8) the form and substance of the pretrial order; (9) the disposition of pending motions; (10) the need for adopting special procedures for managing potentially difficult or protracted actions that may involve complex issues, multiple parties, difficult legal questions, or unusual proof problems; and (11) such other matters as may aid in the disposition of the action. DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this ______ day of ___________, 200___. HARVEY E. SCHLESINGER United States District Judge By:______________________________ Courtroom Deputy Clerk Copies to: Timothy W. Volpe, Esq. Law Clerk Garry Randolph, CRD W. A. MacGuire Box 854, 191 Barbour St. Orange, VA 22960 -2- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com