Rule 3 - Scheduling Order(a) Within thirty (30) days after issue is joined in a case, but no later than 120 days after the complaint is filed, counsel are required to present the Court a proposed Order setting forth deadlines for the joining of other parties and amending the pleadings; service of motions; and the completion of discovery. If more than six months discovery time is requested, the proposed Order should be accompanied by an explanation of the necessity for the protracted period. The proposed order shall provide that motions to add parties or amend the pleadings must be served no more than thirty (30) days after the date scheduled for completion of discovery. All counsel are required to make a realistic estimate of the time needed for discovery, but all requested periods of discovery shall remain under the supervision of the Court, and lengthened or shortened as the case dictates, and the Court shall enter a Scheduling Order accordingly. In the event counsel are unable to agree upon the terms of the scheduling order or fail to submit a proposed order to the Court within the time required by this paragraph, discovery shall be limited to the time provided in the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. Extensions of deadlines will be granted by the Court only upon a showing of good cause. (b) Within thirty (30) days after expiration of the time provided for discovery, Counsel are required to present an order to the Court setting a date for status conference or pretrial conference or providing that no pretrial conference is needed or required. (c) If no pretrial conference is to be had the parties shall file with the Court an agreed pretrial order or note in the form previously provided by the Court. A copy of said form is appended to this rule.(d) Following the pretrial conference or status conference, counsel shall submit to the Court an order setting the cause for trial and reflecting any ruling by the Court during such meeting.