UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION § § § § § § § § § VS. CIVIL NO. A- -CA- -RP SCHEDULING ORDER Pursuant to Rule 16, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the following Scheduling Order is issued by the Court: 1. A report on alternative dispute resolution in compliance with Local Rule CV-88 shall be filed by ______________________________. 2. The parties asserting claims for relief shall submit a written offer of settlement to opposing parties by and each opposing party shall respond in writing, by . All offers of settlement are to be private, not filed, and the Court is not to be advised of the same. The parties are further ORDERED to retain the written offers of settlement and responses as the Court may use these in assessing attorney’s fees and court costs at the conclusion of trial. 3. The parties shall file all motions to amend or supplement pleadings or to join additional parties by . 4. All parties asserting claims for relief shall FILE their designation of testifying experts and SERVE on all parties, but not file, the materials required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) by . Parties resisting claims for relief shall FILE their designation of testifying experts and SERVE on all parties, but not file, the materials required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) by . All designations of rebuttal experts shall be FILED, and the materials required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2)(B) for such rebuttal experts, to the extent not already served, shall be SERVED, within fifteen (15) days of receipt of the report of the opposing expert. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com 5. An objection to the reliability of an expert’s proposed testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 shall be made by motion, specifically stating the basis for the objection and identifying the objectionable testimony, within eleven (11) days of receipt of the written report of the expert’s proposed testimony, or within eleven (11) days of the expert’s deposition, if a deposition is taken, whichever is later. 6. The parties shall complete all discovery on or before . Counsel may by agreement continue discovery beyond the deadline, but there will be no intervention by the Court except in extraordinary circumstances, and no trial setting will be vacated because of information obtained in postdeadline discovery. 7. All dispositive motions shall be filed no later than and shall be limited to ten (10) pages in length. Responses shall be filed within eleven (11) days of service of the motion and shall be limited to ten (10) pages. Any replies shall be filed within eleven (11) days of service of the response and shall be limited to five (5) pages, but the Court need not wait for the reply before ruling on the motion. 8. This case is set for trial on* . The parties should consult Local Rule CV-16(e) regarding matters to be filed in advance of trial. SIGNED and ENTERED this day of . ROBERT PITMAN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE * Parties are directed to contact Shelby Nelson (512-916-5896, ext. 229) to obtain a specific date for trial. -2- American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com