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Order on Motion to Amend/Correct ~Util - Set/Reset Deadlines
TEXT ORDER: Defendants' 216 Joint Motion to Clarify Expert Discovery Deadlines is GRANTED. The parties' 212 Joint Discovery Plan proposed competing schedules for expert discovery, with Defendants proposing sequential disclosures and Plaintiffs proposing simultaneous disclosures. The Court has considered Plaintiffs' arguments in their 220 response and adopts Defendants' proposed sequential schedule. Under a sequential approach, the party bearing the burden of proof on an issue ordinarily discloses its expert testimony on that issue first. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2) advisory committee's note to 1993 amendment ("[I]n most cases, the party with the burden of proof on an issue should disclose its expert testimony on that issue before other parties are required to make their disclosures with respect to that issue."). Plaintiffs contend that simultaneous disclosures are appropriate because Defendants bear the burden on their affirmative defenses. Plaintiffs' general reliance on Defendants' burden as to affirmative defenses does not establish a basis for requiring simultaneous expert disclosures. Moreover, although qualified immunity is an affirmative defense, once raised, the burden shifts to Plaintiffs to defeat it. See Taylor v. City of Milford, 10 F.4th 800, 806 (7th Cir. 2021). The Court therefore finds no sufficient basis to depart from sequential expert disclosures. Accordingly, the expert discovery schedule is as follows: (1) Plaintiffs shall disclose their experts on or before March 18, 2027; (2) Plaintiffs shall disclose their expert reports on or before April 19, 2027; (3) Plaintiffs' experts shall be deposed on or before May 18, 2027; (4) Defendants shall disclose their experts on or before June 21, 2027; (5) Defendants shall disclose their expert reports on or before July 19, 2027; and (6) Defendants' experts shall be deposed on or before August 18, 2027. All other discovery deadlines set forth in the Court's May 27, 2026 Text Order, including the dispositive motion deadline of September 23, 2027, remain in place. Entered by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Hanna on 9/23/2026. (ECJ)
Response to Motion/Petition
RESPONSE to Motion re 216 Joint MOTION to Amend/Correct 210 Order,,,, Set/Reset Deadlines/Hearings,,, Joint Motion to Clarify Expert Discovery Deadlines filed by Plaintiffs Sara Bailey, Rebecca Buczkowski, Sabrina Drysdale, Heather Kainz, Rebekah McGrath. (Bolanos, Maria DE Las Nieves)
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