Wallace v. Leidos Innovations Corporation et al

MOTION to Strike 35 Witness List

E.D. Tenn.March 28, 2019

1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE DAVID W. WALLACE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 3:17-cv-360 v. ) ) Judge Mattice LEIDOS INNOVATIONS CORPORATION, ) Magistrate Judge Guyton ) Defendant. ) DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S LATE-FILED WITNESS LIST AND/OR MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE TESTIMONY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN PLAINTIFF Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(c), Defendant, Leidos Innovations Corporation (“Leidos”), respectfully moves this Court to strike Plaintiff’s long-overdue witness list (Docket No. 35), and/or to exclude the testimony of any individual listed therein (other than Plaintiff) at trial. Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order, the parties’ trial witness lists were due on December 11, 2018. Without seeking this Court’s leave, Plaintiff has filed his pretrial disclosure on March 25, 2019, more than three months after the deadline for doing so expired – causing real harm to Defendant. Contemporaneously with this motion, Defendant has filed a supporting memorandum of law and the Declaration of Jonathan O. Harris. Case 3:17-cv-00360-HSM-HBG Document 39 Filed 03/28/19 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 571 2 Respectfully submitted on March 28, 2019. /s/ Jonathan O. Harris Jonathan O. Harris, TN #021508 Anne T. McKnight, TN #026476 Thomas W. Whitworth, TN #29581 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. 401 Commerce Street, Suite 1200 Nashville, TN 37219-2446 Telephone: 615.254.1900 Facsimile: 615.254.1908 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on March 28, 2019, the foregoing was filed electronically with the Clerk of the Court to be served by operation of the Court’s electronic filing system upon the following: Thomas M. Leveille Tarpy, Cox, Fleishman & Leveille, PLLC 1111 N. Northshore Drive Landmark Tower North, Suite N-290 Knoxville, TN 37919 /s/ Jonathan O. Harris 37955755.1 Case 3:17-cv-00360-HSM-HBG Document 39 Filed 03/28/19 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 572