OAH 16-3600-21542-5

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

 

FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION

 

 

In Re the Application for the Application of Total and Permanent Disability Benefits of Thomas W. Coles

 

SCHEDULING ORDER

 

 

          The above-entitled matter came before Administrative Law Judge Manuel J. Cervantes (ALJ) on a Notice of a Fact-Finding Conference, filed September 20, 2010.  Rory H. Foley, Assistant Attorney General, represents the Public Employees Retirement Association of Minnesota (PERA).  Thomas W. Coles (Applicant) represents himself.

 

I am enclosing some information for Mr. Coles from the Office of Administrative Hearings website (Contested Case Hearing Preparation and How to Be a Good Witness) to help him prepare for the hearing.  There is information in the Contested Case Hearing Preparation document on how to contact the Volunteer Lawyers Network concerning possible legal representation. 

 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

 

1.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 22, 2010, each party will file and serve copies of pre-labeled exhibits that it proposes to offer into the conference record.  PERA shall label its exhibits sequentially using numbers.  The Applicant shall label his exhibits sequentially using letters.

 

2.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 22, 2010, each party will file and serve a list of the witnesses that it intends to call at the conference, including a short summary of the proposed testimony.

 

3.               By 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 29, 2010, the parties will file and serve a statement (under Minn. R. 1400.6950 (2)) detailing any objection to the foundation of any written exhibit.

 

4.               A conference in this matter will be held in the PERA Office, Minnesota Retirement Systems Building, 60 Empire Drive, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN on Wednesday, November 3, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

 

Dated: September 30, 2010

 

                                                                      s/Manuel J. Cervantes

MANUEL J. CERVANTES

Administrative Law Judge