IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
DIVISION OF ST. CROIX
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BENNINGTON FOODS, LLC, d/b/a
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BENNINGTON GROUP,
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Plaintiff,
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2006-CV-0154
v.
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ST. CROIX RENAISSANCE GROUP, LLLP,
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a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation,
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Defendant.
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TO:
Lee J. Rohn, Esq.
Joel H. Holt, Esq.
ORDER
THIS MATTER came before the Court for consideration upon Plaintiff Bennington Foods,
L.L.C. d/b/a Bennington Group’s Motion for Status Conference, Extension of Mediation Deadline
and Setting Date For Trial (Docket No. 137) and Plaintiff Bennington Foods, L.L.C. d/b/a
Bennington Group’s Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Schedule For the Limited Purpose of Conducting
Depositions and Requesting Certain Documents (Docket No. 138).  Defendant filed responses to
both motions, and Plaintiff filed replies thereto.
Having reviewed the submissions of the parties and upon due consideration thereof, the Court
will grant the motion for status conference, extension of mediation deadline, and setting date for trial
and enters the following scheduling order.  The Court will deny the motion to modify pre-trial
schedule for limited purpose of conducting depositions and requesting certain documents.  The Court
finds that Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate “good cause” for modifying the schedule as requested.
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It is now hereby ORDERED:
1.
Plaintiff Bennington Foods, L.L.C. d/b/a Bennington Group’s Motion for Status
Conference, Extension of Mediation Deadline and Setting Date For Trial (Docket
No. 137) is GRANTED.
2.
Plaintiff Bennington Foods, L.L.C. d/b/a Bennington Group’s Motion to Modify Pre-
Trial Schedule For the Limited Purpose of Conducting Depositions and Requesting
Certain Documents (Docket No. 138) is DENIED.
3.
Mediation shall be completed on or before November 15, 2008.
4.
The status conference scheduled for October 9, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., is continued to
November 18, 2008, at 11:00 a.m., in Magistrate’s Chambers.
5.
Counsel for Plaintiff shall serve its Rule 26(a)(2) expert reports upon counsel for
Defendant on or before December 23, 2008.
6.
Counsel for Defendant shall serve its Rule 26(a)(2) expert reports to counsel for
Plaintiff on or before January 31, 2009.
7.
Expert witness depositions shall be completed on or before March 31, 2009.
8.
All dispositive motions, including Daubert motions, shall be filed with the Court on
or before May 28, 2009.
9.
All motions in limine shall be filed at least twenty-one (21) days before the Monday
of jury selection week, with any responses due within five (5) days of service thereof
and any reply within three (3) days of service of the response.
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10.
Plaintiff shall complete and deliver to counsel for Defendants its portion of the Joint
Final Pretrial Statement in accordance with LRCi 16.1, App.1, on or before June 11,
2009.
11.
Defendant shall complete its portion of the Joint Final Pretrial Statement on or before
June 22, 2009.
12.
The Joint Final Pretrial Statement shall be filed with a separate proposed Order on
or before June 25, 2009.  (The Court shall enforce LRCi 16.1(c)(1) regarding
amendments to the final pretrial order.)
13.
A final pretrial conference is scheduled for June 30, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., in
Magistrate’s Chambers.
14.
Trial shall be August 3, 2009, and shall take five (5) days.  This date may be
continued if there are pending dispositive motions or a criminal trial that will take
precedence.
15.
The exhibit list deadline is June 25, 2009.
16.
The expert witness list deadline is June 25, 2009
ENTER:
DATED: September 19, 2008
                                /s/                                     
GEORGE W. CANNON, JR.
U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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