EFTA01118588.pdf

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLA NDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN JEFFREY EPSTEIN and L.S.J., LLC.. ) CIVIL NO. ST-10-CV-443 ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) ACTION FOR DAMAGES ) FANCELLI PANELLNG, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) ORDER The Court held a scheduling conference in this matter on August 1, 2011. i At that time, the Court considered the parties' proposed scheduling plan, which was filed on August 1, 2011. By Order dated June 2, 2011, the Court had directed the parties to file their scheduling plan by July 25, 2011. The Court takes the opportunity to remind counsel that its orders arc not voluntary; failures to abide by them could lead to sanctions. At the time of the conference, the parties expressed some concern regarding the difficulty of formulating a plan for discovery while not knowing the outcome of the pending motions for reconsideration. However, the Court desires to put into place discovery deadlines to govern the management of this matter. Should the decisions regarding the motions for reconsideration require an adjustment of these deadlines, the parties may make an appropriate motion. Therefore, the Court will require the parties to abide by the discov ery deadlines set forth below. The Court will also issue a separate mediation order. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that the parties shall abide by the following discovery deadlines, which shall not be modified except for good cause and by prior leave of Court: • The parties shall exchange Rule 26(a)(I) disclosures on or before October 15, 2011; • The parties shall complete all written discovery on or before a The parties shall complete mediation November 1, 2011; on or before December 1, 2011; • The parties shall complete non-expert depositions on or before January 15, 2012; • Plaintiffs shall submit to Defendant their retained expert report s on or before March 15, 2012, and Defendant shall submit to Plaintiffs its retained expert reports on or before Denise Francois, Esq., of Hodge & Francois. appeared on behalf of Plaintif Treston Moore. Esq., of Moore Dodson & Russell, appeared on behalf of Defend fs Jeffrey Epstein and L.S.J. LLC. ant Fancelli Paneling. Inc. EFTA01118588 Jeffrey Epstein v. Fanelli Paneling. Inc. Civil No. ST-10-CY-443 Order Page 2 of 2 April 15, 2012; • Plaintiffs shall complete expert witness depositio ns on or before May 15, 2012, Defendant shall complete its expert witness depo and sitions on or before June 15, 2012; ■ The parties shall submit their motions in limine and and dispositive motions on or July 15, 2012; and it is further before ORDERED that the parties shall appear for a post-mediation status conference Tuesday, December 27, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.; and on it is further ORDERED that copies of this Order shall be directed to counsel of record. DATED: August.., 2011 JAMES S. CARROLL Judge of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands CERT:Ft DA TRUE COPY ATTEST: YENEPLe1 H. VELAZQUEZ, ESQ Clerk of , )14-Court ti UIRE Date. 7/ Velazquez, Esq. BY: • of the Coon LORI BOY TYSON Court Clerk upervisor MI 744 Coon Clerk EFTA01118589