ORDER

P.K. HOLMES, III, District Judge.

On August 19, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion (Doc. 50) for extension of time, requesting additional time to file an "objection" to Defendants Navient Solutions, LLC and United Student Aid Funds, Inc.'s pending motion (Doc. 47) for summary judgment, his own cross-motion for summary judgment, or both. By text only order (Doc. 51) Court granted the motion in part, allowing Plaintiff an extension to August 29, 2019 to file a response to the motion for summary judgment.

On August 29, 2019, Plaintiff filed a motion (Doc. 55) for summary judgment. Defendants moved to strike (Doc. 58) Plaintiff's motion and supporting documents on the grounds that while the Court's partial grant had extended the time for a response, it did not extend the time for Plaintiff to file his own motion. Plaintiff has responded (Doc. 59) to the motion to strike, arguing that the Court's order permitted him to file an objection or a motion as his response. Defendants have filed a motion (Doc. 60) for relief, asking the Court to pause their deadlines until the Court determines whether Plaintiff has filed a motion to which they must respond.

The Court's scheduling order (Doc. 31) set a deadline of August 6, 2019 for dispositive motions to be filed. This deadline might have been extended for good cause and excusable neglect. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b), 16(b)(4). Plaintiff's motion (Doc. 50), however, showed no excusable neglect to justify extending the dispositive motions deadline. Therefore, the Court granted the motion in part, allowing Plaintiff a brief extension to file a response—what he has called "objections"—but not extending the time for Plaintiff to file his own dispositive motion.

The Court will not grant the pending motion to strike. Rather, it will construe Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment as his response to Defendants' motion for summary judgment. Defendants have 7 days from entry of this order to file any reply.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Defendants' motion to strike (Doc. 58) is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (Doc. 55) is TERMINATED. The Clerk is directed to amend the docket to reflect that Plaintiff's filings (Docs. 55, 56, and 57) are responses to Defendants' pending motion and supporting documents (Docs. 47, 48, and 49).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants' motion for relief and confirmation is MOOT, and the deadline for Defendants to file a reply to Plaintiff's response is extended to September 13, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.