`STATE OF GEORGIA
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`PRELIMINARY CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER
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`Having found that the interests of the parties and the orderly management of the
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`Court’s business would be served by setting a schedule for this litigation and by stating
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`the practices and procedures of this Court,
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`IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that counsel for all parties (and/or pro se parties)
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`confer, in person or by telephone, in an effort to settle the case, discuss discovery, limit
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`issues, and discuss other matters and deadlines addressed in the form Scheduling Order,
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`as set forth in Attachment A hereto (an electronic Microsoft Word version of Attachment
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`A may be found on the Court’s website at <http://fultonstate.org/judge_tailor.php>).
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`This early planning conference shall be held within thirty (30) days after the appearance
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`of the defendant by answer.1 If a Motion to Dismiss or Motion to Transfer is filed, the
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`planning conference shall be stayed until the Motion has been ruled on. Counsel for the
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`plaintiff(s) shall ensure that this early planning conference is timely scheduled and
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`completed.
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`IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, unless the case is specifically exempted by
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`the Court or successfully resolved during the early planning conference, the parties are
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`required to complete and file a proposed Scheduling Order for the Court’s review within
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`forty-five (45) days after the appearance of the defendant by answer. The proposed
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`1 If multiple defendants are named in the complaint, the deadlines set forth herein run
`from the filing date of the answer of the first defendant to appear. If either party believes
`that meeting these deadlines is unfeasible prior to the appearance of additional
`defendants, the parties who have appeared shall, within ten (10) days after the filing date
`of the answer, confer and then contact the Court’s Staff Attorney to schedule a
`teleconference with the Court.
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`State Court of Fulton County
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`File & ServeXpress
`Transaction ID: 64321405
`Case Number: 19EV004518
`Date: Oct 16 2019 12:05PM
`LeNora Ponzo, Chief Clerk
`Civil Division
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`Scheduling Order shall be consolidated and filed by counsel for the plaintiff(s). If a party
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`fails or refuses to participate in the early planning conference and/or completion of the
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`proposed Scheduling Order, counsel for the plaintiff(s) shall so indicate when filing the
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`proposed Scheduling Order. If the parties fail to reach agreement on portions of the
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`proposed Scheduling Order, each party’s position shall be included in the proposed
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`Scheduling Order with a notation in bold that the parties failed to reach agreement on
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`that particular portion and an explanation of the reasons for such disagreement.
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`A party’s failure to comply with the terms of this Order may result in sanctions,
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`including, but not limited to, dismissal of the complaint or striking of the answer, as
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`appropriate.
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`SO ORDERED.
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` /s/ Wesley B. Tailor
`WESLEY B. TAILOR, JUDGE
`STATE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY
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