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Parties in the case of a former classic car and auto repair shop who is suing the city and others she blames for the demise of her Roanoke Rapids business have until February 17 to select a federal mediator, according to documents filed Monday.

United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Swank also released a scheduling order in the case of Vivian Pompliano, the owner of the former Pomp Boys Motors.

Pompliano charges in the lawsuit that three officers within the Roanoke Rapids Police Department exercised extreme misconduct which contributed to the demise of the business and says that through a repeated pattern of harassment, threats and eventually false criminal charges, the intent of the officers was to protect the financial interests of local mechanics and car shop owners through retaliation for the plaintiff’s constitutionally protected speech and actions.

The city of Roanoke Rapids; former officer Jamie Lee Hardy, and officers Antonio Seward, and Jayme Shelburne in their individual and official capacities; Rose Beacham in her individual capacity; and L&R Motor Company remain defendants in the lawsuit.

Two parties are no longer defendants in the case after a voluntary dismissal was entered for Vickie Evans and Dennis Harvey.

There has yet to be an order entered on the decision of Pompliano’s attorneys to withdraw from the case.

Meanwhile, with a September 30 deadline for discovery set in the scheduling order, mediation is expected to be conducted by August 29.

A trial in the matter will be set by a separate order which will be issued by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle, the scheduling order says. The deadline for filing a motion to end the case before trial is October 30.

The scheduling order also sets the following discovery limits:

A maximum of 25 interrogatories, inclusive of subparts, may be propounded by each party upon any other party.

A maximum of 25 requests for production of documents, inclusive of subparts, may be propounded by each party upon any other party.

A maximum of 15 requests for admission, inclusive of subparts, may be propounded by each party upon any other party.

A maximum of 10 fact-witness depositions may be taken by each side. Each deposition shall be limited to seven hours, exclusive of breaks. If the parties are unable to agree upon the sequence of depositions the dispute shall be resolved by use of a coin flip or similar method.