Discovery Procedure for Magistrate Judge — United States v. One Wellcraft Scarab Go-Fast Vessel (Dkt. 15)

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A Discovery Procedure for Magistrate Judge Chris M. McAliley in United States of America v. One Wellcraft Scarab Go-Fast Vessel and Inventory, Case No. 08-22218-CIV-JORDAN, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division, entered on the docket September 23, 2008 (Doc. 15). It states that the procedures apply to all civil cases assigned to United States District Judge Adalberto Jordan and that the parties must confer in a good faith effort to resolve a discovery dispute. A movant unable to resolve a dispute is to contact the chambers of Magistrate Judge Chris McAliley to place the matter on the next available discovery calendar and to file a Notice of Hearing. It states that no written discovery motions, including motions to compel, shall be filed unless the Court so directs at the discovery calendar.

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Case 1:08-cv-22218-AJ Document 15 Entered on FLSD Docket 09/23/2008 Page 1 of 2



                              UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                              SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
                                         MIAMI DIVISION
                                CASE NO. 08-22218-CIV-JORDAN
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                      )
                                               )
                Plaintiff,                     )
                                               )
 vs.                                           )
                                               )
 ONE WELLCRAFT SCARAB GO-FAST                  )
 VESSEL REGISTERED AS FL 3494 NP               )
 AND INVENTORY                                 )
                                               )
             Defendant.                        )
 ___________________________________

             DISCOVERY PROCEDURE FOR MAGISTRATE JUDGE CHRIS M. MC ALILEY
        The following discovery procedures apply to all civil cases assigned to United States District
 Judge Adalberto Jordan. If a discovery dispute arises, the parties must confer in a good faith effort
 to resolve the dispute.
        DISCOVERY CALENDAR
        If the parties are unable to resolve any discovery dispute without Court intervention, they
 shall not file written motions. The moving party shall contact the chambers of Magistrate Judge
 Chris McAliley at (305) 523-5890 and place the matter on the next available discovery calendar.
 Judge McAliley holds a regular discovery calendar every Wednesday, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30
 a.m. in Courtroom VII, United States Courthouse, 300 N.E. First Avenue. The movant shall contact
 chambers no later than noon on the Friday preceding the discovery calendar, and shall do so ONLY
 after conferring with opposing counsel and confirming his or her availability for the discovery
 calendar.
        NOTICE OF HEARING
        On the same day that the matter is placed on the discovery calendar, the movant shall file
 with the Court and serve on opposing counsel a Notice of Hearing. The Notice of Hearing shall
 briefly specify the substance of the discovery matter to be heard and the amount of time counsel
 believes will be needed to resolve the discovery disputes. The movant shall include in its Notice of
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 Hearing a certificate of good faith that complies with S.D. Fla. L. R. 7.1 (A)(3).
        No later than noon on the Monday preceding the discovery calendar, the parties may prepare
 a Notice of Filing and file with the Court and serve on opposing counsel a copy of any source
 materials relevant to the discovery dispute. (For example, if the dispute concerns interrogatories,
 the interrogatories at issue and the responses thereto shall be filed, with some indication of which
 interrogatories remain in dispute. As another example, correspondence exchanged by counsel as
 part of the meet-and-confer process, that narrows the discovery disputes and identifies those
 remaining, may be attached as source materials.) Counsel shall also deliver a courtesy copy of
 source materials to Judge McAliley’s chambers by the same deadline.
        NO WRITTEN DISCOVERY MOTIONS
        To minimize the need for discovery motions, no written discovery motions, including
 motions to compel, for protective order, or related motions for sanctions shall be filed unless the
 Court so directs at the discovery calendar.
        MEET AND CONFER
        Counsel must actually confer and engage in reasonable compromise in a genuine effort to
 resolve their discovery disputes before noticing the dispute for the discovery calendar. The Court
 may impose sanctions, monetary or otherwise, if it determines discovery is being improperly sought
 or is being withheld in bad faith.
                                                                     nd
        DONE and ORDERED in chambers in Miami, Florida, this 22           day of September, 2008.


                                                              _______________________
                                                              Adalberto Jordan
                                                              United States District Judge
 Copy to:       All counsel of record
                Magistrate Judge McAliley


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