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Judge Alexakis's Case Procedures

Initial Status Conference and Joint Initial Status Report

Newly Filed Cases

Judge Alexakis will set all newly filed cases for an initial status hearing approximately 60 days after the filing of the complaint. The initial status hearing will be the scheduling conference as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 16(b). See also Local Rule 16.1. The parties must meet and conduct a planning conference as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f).

The parties then must file a Joint Initial Status Report, not to exceed seven single-spaced pages, at least seven days before the initial status hearing. The Joint Initial Status Report shall follow the format in this link. The purpose of the initial status report is to inform Judge Alexakis of the main issues in the case so that she and the parties can have a productive discussion at the initial status conference regarding pretrial deadlines.

If the defendant(s) have not been served by the initial status date set by Judge Alexakis, counsel for plaintiff must contact the Courtroom Deputy to reschedule the status hearing and the date for filing the Joint Initial Status Report.

If plaintiff has moved for default, no status report is required.

Reassigned Cases

For all pending cases assigned to Judge Alexakis from the calendar of another judge: All previously set status and motion hearing dates are stricken, but all previously set discovery deadlines, joint status report deadlines, and briefing schedules remain intact.

Where the parties have been ordered to file a joint status report, that report should be in the form of the Initial Status Report for Reassigned Case, found here.



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