Garrett v. City of Carlsbad

Summary

This document is an Initial Scheduling Order issued in a civil case in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. It sets deadlines for the parties’ meet-and-confer session, joint status report and provisional discovery plan, initial disclosures, and a telephonic Rule 16 scheduling conference.

Holdings

1. The parties must comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the District of New Mexico's Local Rules, meet and confer regarding a provisional discovery plan, address electronically stored information and its preservation, exchange initial disclosures, file the required Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan, and participate in the scheduled Rule 16 conference.

Questions Presented

1. What case-management and discovery obligations should govern the action before the Rule 16 scheduling conference?
2. What deadlines and procedures should the parties follow for meeting and conferring, exchanging initial disclosures, filing the Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery Plan, and addressing expert discovery?

Disposition

other