This docket entry was made by the Clerk on Wednesday, October 30, 2024: MINUTE entry before the Honorable Young B. Kim: In light of the court's order of October 29, 2024, (R. 536), Defendants' motion to stay [527] is denied as moot.

If Defendants believe that their motion is not moot, they may point out the remaining issue this court must resolve in their upcoming joint status report, due to be filed by November 8, 2024, (see R. 536).

When filing the status report, the parties are to include an explanation how this court's order of October 3, 2024, (R. 516 ("Parties are to file a joint status report by November 20, 2024, including the following information: (1) depositions completed since today; (2) depositions scheduled to be completed and the confirmed dates; (3) the names of the parties' experts and their areas of expertise; (4) proposed schedule for completing expert discovery; and (5) dispositive motions the parties are able to brief without expert discovery.

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The motion is granted in that the Court will set a pretrial schedule for matters that need to be decided by the district judge, but denied as to the issue of bifurcating class and merits discovery.

The parties shall complete all expert discovery (class and merits) prior to proceeding with any motion practice before the district judge.

All expert discovery shall begin on 1/2/25 and close by 7/31/25; these dates are firm, and will be extended only by a showing of good cause.

The parties also report they are currently engaged in a potential global resolution via a mediator, and the Court defers to Judge Kim to oversee the progress of their settlement talks.

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This docket entry was made by the Clerk on Tuesday, October 29, 2024: MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Court will set a pretrial schedule for matters that need to be decided by the district judge, but denied as to the issue of bifurcating class and merits discovery.

The parties shall complete all expert discovery (class and merits) prior to proceeding with any motion practice before the district judge.

All expert discovery shall begin on 1/2/25 and close by 7/31/25; these dates are firm, and will be extended only by a showing of good cause.

The parties also report they are currently engaged in a potential global resolution via a mediator, and the Court defers to Judge Kim to oversee the progress of their settlement talks.

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FOR THE Northern District of Illinois − CM/ECF NextGen 1.8 (rev.

1.8.1) Eastern Division Rhonda Roe, et al.

This docket entry was made by the Clerk on Monday, October 28, 2024: MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiffs' motion to File Under Seal Portions of Exhibits B and C to the Declaration of Dean M. Harvey in Support of Plaintiffs' Response to Defendants' Motion for Entry of a Full Pretrial Scheduling Order and Rule 72 Objections to the Magistrate Judge's Pretrial Scheduling Order [ECF No. 524]; and Motion to Stay November 30, 2024 Deadline for Defendants to Disclose Experts and Provide Related Disclosures [ECF No. 527] [531] is granted.Mailed notice(lxs, ) ATTENTION: This notice is being sent pursuant to Rule 77(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or Rule 49(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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