8-1700-18063-2

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

 

 

State of Minnesota by Velma Korbel, Commissioner of Human Rights v. City of Saint Paul

         

SCHEDULING ORDER

 

 

          Following the submissions of the parties at a July 12, 2007 Pre-Hearing Conference;

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

 

1.               A subsequent Pre-Hearing Conference is scheduled for November 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at the Office of Administrative Hearings’ new facility in the Harold E. Stassen Building, 600 North Robert Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

 

2.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 30, 2007, the parties will exchange statements identifying any person whom the party expects to call as an expert witness.

 

3.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 30, 2007, the parties will exchange statements from any designated expert witnesses, including a summary of the facts and opinions as to which the expert is expected to testify.

 

4.               The period for discovery shall close on Friday, December 21, 2007.

 

5.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2007, the parties will file and serve any dispositive motions, and, designate whether the services of a court reporter will be requested to transcribe any evidentiary hearing in this matter.

 

6.               By 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2007, each party will file and serve copies of the pre-labeled exhibits that it proposes to offer into the hearing record.  The Department shall label its exhibits sequentially using numbers 1 through 100.  Respondent City of Saint shall label its exhibits sequentially using numbers, 101 and thereafter.

 

7.               Unless this designation has been made by a party earlier, through responses to discovery, by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 14, 2007, each party will file and serve a list of the witnesses that it intends to call at the evidentiary hearing.

 

8.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2007, the parties will file and serve a statement (under Minnesota Rule 1400.6950 (2)) detailing any objection to the foundation of a written exhibit.

 

9.               A hearing in this matter will be held at the Saint Paul office of the Office of Administrative Hearings on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, beginning at 9:30 a.m., and will proceed on successive days, through the afternoon of Friday, January 25, 2008.

 

 

Dated this 23rd day of July, 2007.

 

 

                                                                                                                       

                                                            _s/Eric L. Lipman_________

                                                            ERIC L. LIPMAN

                                                            Administrative Law Judge