Hinkel v. Omaha Public School District

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
CHERI L HINKEL,
Plaintiff,
vs.
OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT,
Defendant.
8:24CV465
FINAL PROGRESSION ORDER
(AMENDED)
The Court grants the parties’ joint motion to extend certain deadlines in the
final progression order. Filing No. 14.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the final progression order is amended as follows:
1) The trial and pretrial conference will not be set at this time. The status
conference to discuss case progression, the parties’ interest in
settlement, and the trial and pretrial conference settings currently set
for January 6, 2026 is continued and will be held with the undersigned
magistrate judge on February 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. by telephone.
Counsel shall use the conferencing instructions assigned to this case
to participate in the conference.
2) The deposition deadline, including but not limited to depositions for
oral testimony only under Rule 45, except evidentiary trial
preservation depositions, is February 20, 2026.
3) Evidentiary trial preservation depositions will be completed forty-five
(45) days prior to trial, apart from extenuating circumstances
regarding deponents necessitating a deposition closer in time to trial.
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Any objections to deposition designations and responses shall
be fully submitted to the Court at least fourteen (14) days prior to
trial.
4) The deadline for filing motions to dismiss and motions for summary
judgment is March 23, 2026.
5) The deadline for filing motions to exclude testimony on Daubert and
related grounds is March 23, 2026.
6) Motions in limine shall be filed twenty-eight days before trial. It is not
the normal practice to hold hearings on motions in limine or to rule on
them prior to the first day of trial. Counsel should plan accordingly.
7) All other deadlines and provisions in the Court’s prior final progression
order, Filing No. 7, not amended herein remain unchanged.
Dated this 5th day of January, 2026.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Jacqueline M. DeLuca
United States Magistrate Judge
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