Burruss v. Wyoming Casing Service, Inc.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Eric Burruss, Dustin Rook, Justin Heath, 	)
Christopher Zachary, and all others similarly 	)
situated under 29 USC § 216(b), 	) 	ORDER
)
Plaintiffs, 	)
)
v. 	)
Wyoming Casing Services, Inc. and Steve 	) 	Case No. 1:16-cv-080
Halvorson, 	)
)
Defendants. 	)
On July 20, 2020, plaintiffs filed an “Emergency Motion to Extend Deadlines by 30 Days
and for Expedited Status Conference. 	(Doc. No. 221). 	They assert, among other things, that
defendants responses to a number of their discovery requests are inadequate. They request a 30-day
extension of the deadlines for completing discovery, filing discovery related motions and dispositive
motions, and disclosing experts. Attached to plaintiffs’ motion is a joint stipulation to extend these
deadlines. (Doc. No. 221-5).
On July 23, 2020, defendants filed a response to plaintiffs motion. 	They challenge the
assertions made by plaintiffs. However, they do not object to extending the pretrial deadlines
On July 23, 2020, the court held a status conference with the parties by telephone. Pursuant
to its discussion with the parties, the court GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion to extend the pretrial
deadlines (Doc. No. 221) and ADOPTS the parties’ joint stipulation (Doc. No. 221-5). The pretrial
deadlines shall be amended as follows:
1. 	All fact discovery shall be completed by August 31, 2020, with all written discovery
to be served a minimum of 30 days prior to this deadline.
2. 	The deadline for filing discovery motions is September 14, 2020.
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3. 	Plaintiffs shall have until July 31, 2020, to disclose the identity of their experts and
until August 6, 2020, to disclose expert reports.
4. 	Defendants shall have until August 31, 2020, to disclose the identity of their experts
and until September 6, 2020, to disclose expert reports.
5. 	Rebuttal expert disclosures are due by September 21, 2020.
6. 	Discovery depositions of expert witnesses shall be completed by December 1, 2020.
7. 	The deadline for filing dispositive motions (e.g. summary judgment, decertification
and Daubert Challenges) is September 21, 2020.
Plaintiffs’ request for a status conference (Doc. NO. 222) is deemed MOOT.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 24th day of July, 2020.
/s/ Clare R. Hochhalter
Clare R. Hochhalter, Magistrate Judge
United States District Court
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