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`FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
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`OPTOLUM, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`CREE, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`ORDER
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`1:17CV687
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`The Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States
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`District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (the
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`“Local Rules”) require the parties to “comply in all respects
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`with Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3) regarding final pretrial
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`disclosures, including the time requirements set out therein.”
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`LR40.1(c). Because the court is currently addressing summary
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`judgment motions, the court will modify the deadlines set by
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3).
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`Pretrial disclosures required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(3)
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`shall be filed on or before April 10, 2020. Objections to
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`pretrial disclosures shall be filed on or before April 20, 2020.
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`The court also modifies the deadline for filing jury
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`instructions as set forth in LR 40.1(c) and requests the parties
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`follow the following procedure. The parties are to meet and
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`confer in an effort to reach an agreement on as many of the
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`instructions as possible. The court has its own instructions on
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`many issues that it prefers. For example, as to final
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`instructions in a civil case, the parties are directed to Colony
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`Insurance Co. v. Peterson, 1:10CV581 (Doc. 247), and Wright v.
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`City of Laurinburg, 1:10CV726 (Doc. 79). The parties shall file
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`one copy of all instructions upon which the parties agree. The
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`parties shall file separately their individual proposed
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`instructions with respect to those issues on which the parties
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`disagree. These instructions shall be filed on or before
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`April 27, 2020.
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`At this time, the court intends to proceed with the trial
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`as scheduled. However, it is possible that jury trial schedules
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`may be affected by current public health considerations. The
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`court suggests that the parties remain in touch with the case
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`manager or the Clerk beginning in April for updates on jury
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`trial schedules. The parties may request a status conference
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`with the court by telephone should any uncertainty develop as
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`this scheduled trial date.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`This the 16th day of March, 2020.
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` United States District Judge
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