A June 4, 2018, trial date has been set in the case involving the rape of a freshmen Ooltewah High School basketball player.
Federal Judge Travis McDonough set the cases at a hearing on Wednesday.
A freshman on the team filed suit in connection with the incident just before Christmas at a cabin in Gatlinburg.
It alleges there was a culture of abuse and bullying at Ooltewah High and that county school officials took no action to stop it.
The freshman suffered a severe injury when a pool cue was inserted into his rectum by a senior player as two other seniors held him down.