Order: Christopher M Pogue v. Money Flow Incorporated, Aarron W Suggs, Donna Rockeyet al

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                                STATE OF INDIANA                    )
                                                                   ALLEN SUPERIOR COURT
                                    )
                                         SS:
COUNTY OF ALLEN                      )
                                                                   CAUSE NO.      02DO1-2008-PL-246

CHRISTOPHER              M.   POQUE,                       )ORDER SETTING CASE
         Plaintiff(s),                                     )
                                                            MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
                                                           )

         VS.

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APRIL FINK, HOWARD R. JOHNSON                       III,   )

ROBERT KARN, MONEY FLOW                                    )

INCORPORATED, DONNA ROCKEY,                                )

AARON W. SUGGS, THE ROCK                                   )

TAVERN a/k/a THE ROCK,                                     )

         Defendant(s).                                     )




This cause has been assigned to                JUDGE ANDREW WILLIAMS.

PLAINTIFF IS DIRECTED TO SERVE A                           COPY OF THIS ORDER SETTING CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ON DEFENDANT(S).

The     parties or their attorneys to this action are                 hereby directed      to   appear before
said judge of this Court on              November     5,       2020   at 11:00 a.m.   in   Room 317      of the

Allen   County Courthouse          for   a Case Management Conference to consider:


A) Appointment of a mediator and the scheduling of a mediation date;                                         B)

Discussion of jury requests/waiver; C) Contested and stipulated facts and legal

issues; D) Contentions of the parties; E)                  The discussion       of issues/simplification of

issues; F)     The determination           of types of discovery           and scheduling deadlines; G)
Discussion of expert witnesses; H) The discussion of dispositive motion issues and

the setting of the motions for hearings;                        and   l)   The scheduling       of a   pre-trial

conference.



Each party must be represented                  at the         Case Management Conference by                the

attorney   who expects         to try this case,   who     shall   come    with authority to stipulate

issues and undisputed facts and, where possible, agree to the admission into
evidence or waive any requirements for the formal proof of documentary evidence.



Parties        may   attend the          Case Manaqement Conference telephonicallv bv
making arrangements one week before the scheduled hearing by                                                              callinq

CourtCall at 888-882-6878.



As a    result of the       Case Management Conference,                       the Court        may     limit      the time to

complete discovery 0r           to    file   any   pre—trial      motions; set a date for any                    final pre-trial

conference or other conference; and/or establish a schedule for the                                              filing   of   any
proposed        pre-trial    order,     stipulations,        or    lists    of witnesses           and       exhibits.         The
schedule established as a result of the Case Management Conference                                               shall n_ot     be

modified except by order of the Court upon a showing of good cause. Said parties

shall also     have authority    to     agree upon a mediator.               SO ORDERED.


                        ORDER REQUIRING REMOTE APPEARANCE
Due    to the public health crisis associated with the                        COVID-19         virus,      and consistent
with the Indiana        Supreme         Court’s Administrative Rule 17 Orders, the Court                                       now
ORDERS:


   1.    The proceeding         set     in this    case     for   November        5,   2020     at 11:00 a.m., shall

         be by remote appearance.

   2.    For the proceeding, the Court intends to use the                              Zoom     platform.          Zoom        is   a

         remote video conference platform, which the Court                             will   make      available to you

         at    no charge. The Court has a license                   for this software.         A   computer          (or tablet

         or mobile          device) with       a    webcam and a microphone                           is     necessary to

         participate via      Zoom.
   3.   At least three (3) business days                     in    advance      of the hearing,            all   counsel and

         all    unrepresented           persons        in      this    case      shall        email        the      Court           at

         Sonia.Salas@a|lensuperiorcourt.us                        to   provide     the    Court with                the    email

         address the Court              may use        to    send an         invitation       for the       Zoom remote
         appearance.

   4.    Unrepresented persons                may alternatively            participate   in   the proceeding by
       telephone     if   they do not have the required technology to participate via

       Zoom. Such unrepresented persons                      shall   make arrangements           for   the

       telephonic appearance at least three (3) business days                     in   advance    of the

       hearing by contacting the Court at (260) 449-7634 to provide a telephone

       number   at   which the Court can reach the           participant.

  5.   Rule   2.17        of    the    Indiana    Judicial    Conduct,      entitled,   “Prohibiting

       Broadcasting of Proceedings,” provides that judges must prohibit the
       recording of Court proceedings. Accordingly, everyone                         who   in   any way
       participates       in,   sees, or hears the Court proceeding             is   now ORDERED
       that they shall not record the proceedings in                   any manner. Violations of
       this rule   and Order          shall   be punished by Contempt of Court.




DATED: August      28,    2020
                                                              Qmeth 20%”.
                                                               ANDREW S.       WILLIAMS, JUDGE
                                                               ALLEN SUPERIOR COURT

ORDER SENT VIA USPS OR E-NOTICE                      TO:
Dana   Carlson, Esq.


DATE OF NOTICE: August 28, 2020
INITIALS OF PERSON WHO NOTIFIED PARTIES:                             fl COURT
       DISTRIBUTED TO PLAINTIFF(S) FOR SERVICE OF                           SUMMONS AND
                     COMPLAINT TO DEFENDANT(S)