Southern District of Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Written notice of request for daily transcript or real time reporting due 6/3/06 (same day as Joint Pretrial Order).

Source text: Written notice due for request for daily transcript or real time reporting of trial proceedings.

Motions for extension of discovery must be filed early enough to allow opposing counsel to respond before the discovery deadline.

Source text: Motions for extension of discovery must be filed sufficiently in advance of the discovery deadline that opposing counsel may respond prior to the deadline.

Replies to responses must be filed within 7 calendar days of the response filing date.

Source text: (A) The Reply should be filed within seven (7) days of the date the Response was filed.

Joint Pretrial Orders must be filed one week prior to trial.

Source text: Counsel for the plaintiff is responsible for ensuring that the Joint Pretrial Order is filed on time one week prior to trial.

Agreed civil jury instructions must be submitted via email (Word format) and hard copy at least 1 business day before trial.

Source text: One set of proposed jury instructions that have been agreed to by counsel should be submitted to the Court electronically (via email in a Word format) and in hard copy at least one business day before the first day of trial.

Written objections to exhibits in final pretrial order must be filed 3 business days before trial to prevent automatic admission.

Source text: The Court will admit all exhibits listed in the final pretrial order into evidence unless opposing counsel files written objections supported by authority at least three (3) business days before trial. See Local Rule 46 and CrLR55.2B.

Objections to designated deposition portions must be filed at least 3 business days before trial.

Source text: Objections to those portions (citing pages and lines) with supporting authority must be filed at least three (3) business days before trial.

Submitting a completed scheduling order one week before the scheduled initial conference cancels the conference.

Source text: If you return the completed scheduling order one week prior to your scheduled hearing, the conference will be cancelled.

Leave of court is required to add inequitable conduct allegations to pleadings after the invalidity contentions deadline.

Source text: Add any inequitable conduct allegations to pleadings. Before this date, it is not necessary to file a motion for leave to add inequitable conduct allegations to pleadings. Thereafter, it is necessary to obtain leave of court to add inequitable conduct allegations to pleadings.

New parties must be joined by the date specified in paragraph 1 of the scheduling order.

Source text: NEW PARTIES shall be joined by:

All discovery must be completed by the date specified in paragraph 4 of the scheduling order.

Source text: DISCOVERY must be completed by:

Written discovery requests are untimely if filed too close to the discovery completion deadline to allow a timely response under the FRCP.

Source text: Written discovery requests are not timely if they are filed so close to this deadline that the recipient would not be required under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to respond until after the deadline.

Dispositive and non-dispositive motions (except motions in limine) must be filed 90 days prior to the trial date.

Source text: DISPOSITIVE AND NON-DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS (except motions in limine) will be filed by: (Due 90 Days Prior to Trial Date)

Joint pretrial orders must be filed on Monday one week prior to the trial date.

Source text: JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER and MOTIONS IN LIMINE (The Court will fill in this date) (Due Monday one week before trial)

Leave of court is required to add or amend infringement contentions after the initial disclosure deadline.

Source text: After this date, it is necessary to obtain leave of court to add and/or amend infringement contentions, pursuant to Patent Rule (P.R.) 3-7.

Leave of court is required to join additional parties after the initial infringement contention disclosure deadline.

Source text: Thereafter, it is necessary to obtain leave of court to join additional parties.

Leave of court is required to add new patents or claims after the initial infringement contention disclosure deadline.

Source text: Thereafter, it is necessary to obtain leave of court to add patents or claims.

Leave of court is required to add or amend invalidity contentions after the service deadline.

Source text: Thereafter, it is necessary to obtain leave of Court to add and/or amend invalidity contentions, pursuant to P.R.. 3-7.

Video and Deposition Designations due 6/3/06; must identify line and page numbers of video depositions offered.

Source text: Video and Deposition Designations due. 6/3/06 Each party who proposes to offer a depositions by video must file a disclosure identifying the line and page numbers to be offered.

Responses requesting cross designation due 1 week (7 calendar days) after Video/Deposition Designations are filed.

Source text: All other parties will have 1 week to file a response requesting cross designation line and page numbers to be included.

Motions in Limine due 6/3/06 (same day as Joint Pretrial Order).

Source text: Motions in Limine due. 6/3/06

Objections to opposing parties’ witnesses, exhibits, deposition testimony due 6/10/06 (1 week after Joint Pretrial Order).

Source text: Objections to opponents’ proposed witnesses, proposed exhibits, designated deposition testimony, and any other matters due. 6/10/06