The federal lawsuit filed by three former Blackfoot High School students won’t see a jury until well into 2014, according to a recent court filing.

U.S. Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill set some hard deadlines for motions and depositions in the case with his order issued earlier this month, including a Jan. 31, 2014, deadline to complete all dispostive motions. In the Case Management Order, Winmill also writes that no extensions of that deadline will be given, “even if you are having discovery disputes.”

The judge said maintaining the hard deadline is crucial for case management and will dictate when the trial will be set.

The suit filed in December stems from the filing of charges against former Blackfoot High School basketball players, alleging a 2010 hazing incident during the 2009-10 basketball season.

Logan Chidester, Nathan Walker and Tyson Katseanes were originally charged with felonies after reports of the hazing incidents, but the charges were later reduced. Chidester and Walker eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of disturbing the peace while Katseanes pleaded guilty to misdemeanor principal battery.

Another former Blackfoot athlete, Anthony Clarke, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace in October of 2011. He was not originally part of the lawsuit.

The day before the preliminary hearing on the felony charges against Chidester, Walker and Katseanes was held, the Bingham County prosecutor dismissed the charges.

In the lawsuit, the three former players contend officials with the county, police, school and city engaged in intentional infliction of emotional distress, malicious prosecution, made false public statements, concealed evidence and intimidated witnesses.

The lawsuit filed by the former players contends that the actions of those named in the lawsuit “had the direct and foreseeable consequence of marking (the three men) and other members of the Blackfoot High School basketball team as violent criminals and as violent sexual offenders in the minds of hundreds of millions of people.”

Two of the three plaintiffs had secured athletic scholarships to college when the charges were filed, Walker with Idaho State and Chidester with Carroll College.

Named in the lawsuit are District 55, the City of Blackfoot, Bingham County, former Bingham County Prosecutor Scott Andrew, Bingham County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Randy Smith, Blackfoot Police investigator Paul Newbold, Blackfoot Police Chief David Moore and Blackfoot Police Capt. Kurt Asmus.

Among the deadlines set in Winmill’s order is a July 11 deadline for all amendments of pleadings and joinder of parties, a Sept. 11 deadline for contacting the court’s alternative dispute resolution plan coordinator, an Oct. 1 deadline for disclosure of all expert by plaintiff, a Nov. 1 deadline for disclosure of experts to be called by defendants, and a Dec. 31 deadline for completion of all discovery.