Valenzuela v. Board of Trustees of Nor-Lea Special Hospital District

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
OSCAR JEREMY VALENZUELA,
Plaintiff,
v. No. 2:26-cv-02719-DLM-JHR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NOR-LEA
SPECIAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT,
Defendant.
ORDER SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES
AND DISCOVERY PARAMETERS
THIS MATTER came before the Court on a Rule 16 scheduling conference held on
October 14, 2026. Following a review of the parties’ Joint Status Report and Provisional Discovery
Plan, and after conferring with the parties, the Court will permit the following discovery:
a) Maximum of 25 Interrogatories by any party to any party.
b) Maximum of 25 Requests for Production by any party to any party.
c) Maximum of 25 Requests for Admission by any party to any party.
d) Maximum of 8 Depositions by Plaintiff and 8 Depositions by Defendant; and
e) Depositions are limited to 4 hours unless extended by agreement. This is not applicable to
Plaintiff and Defendant’s 30(b)(6) witness(es).
Service of interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission shall be
considered timely only if the responses are due prior to the deadline. A notice to take deposition
shall be considered timely only if the deposition takes place prior to the deadline.
The Court has set the following case management deadlines for discovery:
Deadline for Plaintiff to move to amend pleadings: October 21, 2026
Deadline for Plaintiff to join additional parties:1 October 28, 2026
1 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 requires that the Court set a deadline for amendment of pleadings and joinder of
parties. A party seeking to amend the pleadings after the above dates must both demonstrate good cause to amend the
scheduling order as required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) and satisfy the requirements for amendment
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Deadline for Defendant to move to amend pleadings: November 9, 2026
Deadline for Defendant to join additional parties:1 November 9, 2026
Plaintiff’s Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures:2 January 25, 2027
Defendant’s Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures:2 March 8, 2027
Plaintiff’s disclosure of rebuttal experts, if any: 15 days from service of Defendant’s
expert reports
Termination date for discovery: April 12, 2027
Motions relating to discovery to be filed by: April 19, 2027
Pretrial motions other than discovery motions to
be filed by:3
May 24, 2027
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b)(3)(B)(v), “before moving for an order
relating to discovery, the movant must request a conference with the court” to attempt to informally
resolve the dispute. Discovery motions that fail to conform to this requirement may be summarily
denied. Any extension of the case management deadlines must be approved by the Court. Any
requests for additional discovery must be submitted to the Court by motion prior to the expiration
of the discovery.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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HON. JERRY H. RITTER
United States Magistrate Judge
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a). See, e.g., Gorsuch Ltd., B.C. v. Wells Fargo Nat. Bank Ass’n, 771 F.3d
1230, 1242 (10th Cir. 2014).
2 Parties must disclose the names of all expert witnesses, including treating physicians, the subject matter on which
the experts will present evidence, and a summary of the facts and opinions to which the experts are expected to testify
by this date. Experts who are retained or specifically employed to provide expert testimony must also submit an expert
report by this date. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(2). The parties must have their retained expert(s) ready to be deposed at
the time they identify them and provide their reports. Expert witnesses who are not required to provide a written report
may be deposed before summary disclosure.
3 This deadline applies to motions related to the admissibility of experts or expert testimony that may require a Daubert
hearing, but otherwise does not apply to motions in limine. The presiding judge will set a deadline for the submission
of motions in limine and other trial-related deadlines in a separate order.
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