4-507
[District Court Civil 1-016]
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
COUNTY OF ___________
___________________ JUDICIAL DISTRICT

_____________________________, Plaintiff

v.                                No. ____________

_____________________________, Defendant

SCHEDULING ORDER1

    Pursuant to Rule 1-016 NMRA, the court enters the following scheduling order:
1.    Motions to amend the pleadings or to join parties shall be filed by ____________________ (date).
2.    Motions addressed to the pleadings shall be filed by ________________ (date).
*3.    Plaintiffs shall file with the court a list of all lay witnesses who may be called to testify at trial by ____________________ (date).
*4.    Defendants shall file with the court a list of all lay witnesses who may be called to testify at trial by ______________________ (date).
*5.    Plaintiffs shall file with the court a list of all expert witnesses who may be called to testify at trial by ____________________ (date).
*6.    Defendants shall file with the court a list of all expert witnesses who may be called to testify at trial

by ____________________ (date)
7.    Discovery shall be completed by __________________ (date). Parties shall seek discovery sufficiently before this date so that persons responding to discovery reasonably may comply with discovery requests prior to the deadline.
8.    All other motions, except for motions in limine, shall be filed by _______________ (date).
*9.    All parties shall file with the court an exhibit list by _________________ (date). The exhibit list shall state the reasonable place where such exhibits may be inspected and copied.
*10.    All parties shall file specific objections to other parties' proposed exhibits by ______________ (date).
    [11.    Plaintiffs shall submit their portions of a pretrial order to defendants by ____________________ (date). Defendants shall file the proposed final pretrial order with the court by ____________________ (date).]
[11.    All parties shall file a final witness list by ________________ (date). The final witness list shall list "will call" and "may call" witnesses and may include any witnesses listed on any party's earlier witness list but may not include additional witnesses except by leave of court or consent of all parties.]

11.    [Proposed jury instructions shall be submitted to the court by ____________________ (date).]
    or
    [Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law shall be filed with the court by ____________________ (date).]
12.    Motions in limine shall be filed by __________________ (date).
13.    Dates contained in paragraphs of this order marked with an asterisk (*) may be modified by written agreement of all parties, without court approval. Only the court, for good cause, may change other dates.
14.    This matter is set for [jury] [non-jury] trial on ___________________ (date) [on a trailing docket].
                        __________________________
                        District Judge

USE NOTES

    1.    Dates should be in consecutive order.

    2.    Dates should be calendar dates, not "___ days after entry of this order", or "___ days before trial".

    3.    Depending on the complexity of the case, the court may wish to use the paragraphs that are bracketed, which require submission of a pretrial report and final witness list.

    4.    This form may be adapted to local practice. For example, the court may want to require settlement conferences or pretrial conferences, or may schedule docket calls, etc.

    5.    If a scheduling order is not appropriate, the court shall enter an order indicating that no scheduling order will be entered, indicating the reason, and shall set the case for trial not later than eighteen (18) months after the filing of the complaint. Rule 1-016(B) NMRA.

[Approved, effective July 1, 2002.]