Highline Exploration, Inc. et al v. QEP Energy Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Highline Exploration, Inc., Nisku 	)
Royalty, LP, William R. LaCrosse and 	)
Tammy LaCrosse, Empire Oil Company, 	)
and Kent M. Lynch, 	)
) 	ORDER ADOPTING STIPULATED
Plaintiffs, 	) 	AMENDED SCHEDULING/DISCOVERY
vs. 	) 	PLAN
)
QEP Energy Company, 	)
) 	Case No. 1:19-cv-134
Defendant. 	)
On January 20, 2021, the Parties filed a "Stipulated Amended Scheduling/Discovery Plan."
The court ADOPTS the Parties' stipulation and AMENDS the pretrial deadlines as follows:
1. 	The Parties shall have until March 2, 2021, to complete fact discovery and to file
discovery motions.
2. 	The Parties shall have until March 2, 2021, to file a motion to amend the pleadings
to assert a claim for punitive damages.
3. 	The Parties shall provide the names of expert witnesses and complete reports under
Rule 26(a)(2) as follows:
a. 	Plaintiff will disclose experts by March 30, 2021; and
b. 	Defendant has until April 30, 2021.
4. 	The Parties shall have until June 1, 2021, to complete discovery depositions of expert
witnesses.
5. 	The Parties shall have until June 1, 2021, to file other dispositive motions (summary
judgment as to all or part of the case).
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 21st day of January, 2021.
/s/ Clare R. Hochhalter
Clare R. Hochhalter, Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
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