Document for SMT Properties Group LLC vs HARBIN, PAUL et al

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                                IN THE CIRCUIT/COUNTY COURT OF FLORIDA, SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT,
                      IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA

                                  CASE MANAGEMENT            ORDER

IMPORTANT- This Order contains important deadlines that must be complied with or
sanctions may result.

      In accordance with Florida Supreme Court Administrative Order AOSC 20-23,
Amendment 12 and Seventh Circuit Administrative Order CV-21-23-SC, the following Case
Management Order is issued. This Order shall remain in effect until and unless a trial order or a
subsequent case management order is issued.

A.        CASE DESIGNATION

          All civil cases are designated as follows, in accordance with Florida Supreme          Court
Administrative Order AOSC 20-23, Amendment 12. All civil cases in which a trial by jury is
demanded shall be deemed “General” civil cases. Any case designated as “Complex” as set forth
in Rule    1.201, Fla. R. Civ. P., shall be exempted from the requirements of this Order and shall
follow the procedures outlined therein.    All other civil cases shall be deemed “Streamlined” civil
cases. Parties may move the court for redesignation.

B         PROJECTED       TRIAL DATE

          For all cases classified as General civil cases the projected trial date will be 18 months
from case filing, or 12 months from the date of this Order, whichever date is later.     For all cases
classified as Streamlined civil cases, the projected trial date will be 12 months from case filing, or
6 months from the date of this Order, whichever date is later. The parties are expected to be ready
to try this case by this deadline, unless good cause is demonstrated.

Cc.       SERVICE OF PROCESS

          Plaintiff(s) shall serve each defendant with process no later than 120 days from case filing
or 60 days from the date this Order is issued, whichever date is later. All motions for extension of
time to complete service of process shall be filed no later than 10 days prior to expiration of the
initial 120-day period. In its discretion, the presiding judge may grant Plaintiff(s) an additional 90
days to serve any remaining defendant(s). After the expiration of the time for service, including
any extensions, any unserved defendant(s) shall be dropped from the action, or the case shall be
dismissed without prejudice, as appropriate.

D.        ADDING NEW PARTIES

          The deadline for adding new parties to an action is 90 days after the completion of service
of process on the initial defendants or 60 days from the date this Order is issued, whichever date
is later, absent a showing of good cause.
E      OBJECTIONS TO PLEADINGS

         All objections to pleadings shall be filed no later than 20 days from the date the pleading(s)
is served upon the objecting party. Objections to pleadings shall be timely called up for hearing.
Any objections not timely scheduled for hearing may be deemed waived or abandoned.


F.     COMPLETION               OF DISCOVERY

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         Disclosure        of      expert   75   days  before   docket      75    days  before    docket
         witnesses                          sounding     for    parties     sounding for parties seeking
                                            seeking affirmative relief;     affirmative relief; 60 days
                                            60 days before docket           before docket sounding for
                                            sounding for parties not        parties     not    seeking
                                            seeking affirmative relief      affirmative relief

         Disclosure of fact witnesses       60 days     before     docket   60   days    before   docket
                                            sounding                        sounding

         Service      of          written   45 days     before     docket   45 days      before   docket
         discovery requests                 sounding                        sounding

         All other discovery to be          10 days     before     docket   10   days    before   docket
         completed                          sounding                        sounding


G.     PRETRIAL MOTIONS

       All pretrial motions shall be filed no later than 30 days prior to the trial date, absent a
showing of good cause. Pretrial motions filed within 30 days of trial will not be considered if
predicated on matters the movant knew or should have known with the exercise of reasonable
diligence at least thirty (30) days prior to the trial date. Because of busy court calendars, hearing
time may not be available to consider motions filed close to the deadline. The inability of a party
to obtain hearing time will generally not constitute grounds for a continuance of the trial.

H      MEDIATION

        All cases shall participate in mediation, unless excused by the Court, or excluded pursuant
to Rule 1.710(b), Fla. R. Civ. P. Mediation shall be completed prior to docket sounding.

I       SERVICE OF THIS ORDER

       Plaintiff shall serve a copy of the case management order upon all other parties and file a
notice of service with the Clerk no later than thirty (30) days from the receipt of this Order.
J.       SANCTIONS
         Failure to comply with the terms of this Order may result in sanctions against the offending
party.

         Done and Ordered in Putnam County, Florida.


                                                       /s/ Kenneth J. Janesk, IT

                                                       Kenneth J. Janesk, II
                                                       Circuit Judge