(Riverton, WY) – The initial pretrial conference for the case of former Detective Billy Whiteplume vs the Riverton Police Department (RPD) took place today, July 1, before the
Honorable Judge Kelly H. Rankin, where the tentative timeline of further proceedings was announced.
At this time, a five day jury trial has been set for April 7, 2025.
Other important dates leading up to the jury trial include:
- Amendment of Pleadings – September 6, 2024
- Plaintiff’s Designation Deadline – October 1, 2024
- Defendants’ Designation Deadline – November 15, 2024
- Listing of Other Witnesses Deadline – December 13, 2024
- Discovery Request Deadline – January 22, 2025
- Filing Deadline – January 22, 2025
- Response Deadline – February 5, 2025
- Dispositive Motion Hearing – February 19, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
- Stipulations as to facts proposals – February 26, 2025
- Motions in Limine (motions relating to the exclusion of evidence): Filing Deadline – February 26, 2025, Response Deadline – March 5, 2025
- Final Pretrial Conference – March 18, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
The initial pretrial order document concludes by stating that, “The settlement possibilities of this case are considered by the undersigned Judge to be fair,” but those settlement possibilities were not made publically available.
Whiteplume, a former detective for RPD and member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe, is suing RPD for racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment.
RPD went on to deny the allegations in Whiteplume’s complaint, and the subsequent pretrial conference was scheduled (and later reset).
As stated above, the jury trial is scheduled for April 7, 2025.
County 10 will continue to provide updates on the case as it progresses, which can be viewed here.