Filed: Apr. 05, 2018
Latest Update: Apr. 05, 2018
Summary: ORDER DEBORAH BARNES , Magistrate Judge . On March 30, 2018, plaintiffs filed three motions for discovery and noticed those motions for hearing before the undersigned on April 20, 2018. (ECF Nos. 83-85.) On March 31, 2018, plaintiffs filed another motion for discovery and noticed that motion for hearing before the undersigned on April 27, 2018. (ECF No. 86.) However, on January 9, 2017, the assigned District Judge issued a Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order. (ECF No. 78.) That order prov
Summary: ORDER DEBORAH BARNES , Magistrate Judge . On March 30, 2018, plaintiffs filed three motions for discovery and noticed those motions for hearing before the undersigned on April 20, 2018. (ECF Nos. 83-85.) On March 31, 2018, plaintiffs filed another motion for discovery and noticed that motion for hearing before the undersigned on April 27, 2018. (ECF No. 86.) However, on January 9, 2017, the assigned District Judge issued a Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order. (ECF No. 78.) That order provi..
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ORDER
DEBORAH BARNES, Magistrate Judge.
On March 30, 2018, plaintiffs filed three motions for discovery and noticed those motions for hearing before the undersigned on April 20, 2018. (ECF Nos. 83-85.) On March 31, 2018, plaintiffs filed another motion for discovery and noticed that motion for hearing before the undersigned on April 27, 2018. (ECF No. 86.)
However, on January 9, 2017, the assigned District Judge issued a Status (Pre-trial Scheduling) Order. (ECF No. 78.) That order provides that "[a]ll discovery shall be completed by May 1, 2018." (Id. at 4.) The order explains that:
. . . "completed" means that all discovery shall have been conducted so that all depositions have been taken and any disputes relative to discovery shall have been resolved by appropriate order if necessary and, where discovery has been ordered, the order has been complied with.
(Id.) In this regard, there is not sufficient time remaining in the discovery period for the undersigned to hear four discovery motions, issue orders on those motions, and for those orders to be complied with prior to the close of discovery on May 1, 2018.1
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs' March 30, 2018, and March 31, 2018 motions for discovery (ECF Nos. 83, 84, 85, 86) are denied without prejudice as untimely and the April 20, 2018, and April 27, 2017 hearings are vacated.
