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Act 27: Notice of Scheduling Conference

On November 1, 2001, I received a notice from the Court that I was expected to appear at a Scheduling Conference (whatever that is) in Detroit in less than two weeks. Here's what the notice said.


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

THE TAUBMAN COMPANY, Plaintiff(s),

-v- WEBFEATS, ET AL, Defendant(s),

Case No.: 01-CV-72987-DT
Honorable Lawrence P. Zatkoff


NOTICE OF SCHEDULING CONFERENCE REGARDING DISCOVERY, FINAL PRETRIAL ORDER, FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND TRIAL

You are notified to appear on: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2001 @ 2:00 P.M. in the Courtroom of the Honorable Lawrence P. Zatkoff, 730 U.S. Courthouse, 231 W. Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan, for a scheduling conference on the above cause.

PLEASE BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING:

  1. A brief summary to the Court of the case and issues;
  2. Subject matter jurisdiction;
  3. Relationship to other cases;
  4. Necessity of amendments to pleadings, additional parties, third-party complaints, et cetera;
  5. Discovery progress - counsel are instructed to commence significant discovery prior to the conference;
  6. Mediation;
  7. Motions.

At the conference, the Court will set a discovery cut-off date, dispositive motion cut-off date, schedule a final pretrial conference and trial. All motions must be disposed of prior to the final pretrial conference. Counsel desiring to have motions heard must file an original and one copy of the motion, with accompanying brief and proof of service, in the Clerk's Office. An original and one copy of a response to the motion, with a brief, must filed within 10 days of the time of the filing of the motion. A date for hearing of the motion, if a hearing is deemed necessary, will be assigned by this Court, and counsel will be notified as to the date.

THERE WILL BE NO ADJOURNMENTS OF SCHEDULING CONFERENCES BECAUSE TRIAL COUNSEL IS UNAVAILABLE.

Dated: October 29, 2001


Proof of Mailing

PURSUANT TO RULE 77(d), FRCivP
COPIES HAVE BEEN MAILED TO THE FOLLOWING:

JULIE A. GREENBERG, ESQ.
HENRY MISHKOFF, ESQ.

Dated: October 29, 2001
Deputy Clerk

View the Original Notice (in a separate window)


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