Filed: Jun. 26, 2017
Latest Update: Jun. 26, 2017
Summary: ORDER CAROL MIRANDO , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Amended Motion to Extend Dates in Case Management Plan (Doc. 99) filed on June 23, 2017. Plaintiff and Defendants Christopher Sararo and Summer Parham Sararo (the "Sararos") seek to extend the mediation deadline and the deadline for dispositive motions by thirty (30) days because the Sararos' counsel appeared in this matter on March 17, 2017. Docs. 79, 99. Other defendants who have appeared in this
Summary: ORDER CAROL MIRANDO , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Amended Motion to Extend Dates in Case Management Plan (Doc. 99) filed on June 23, 2017. Plaintiff and Defendants Christopher Sararo and Summer Parham Sararo (the "Sararos") seek to extend the mediation deadline and the deadline for dispositive motions by thirty (30) days because the Sararos' counsel appeared in this matter on March 17, 2017. Docs. 79, 99. Other defendants who have appeared in this m..
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ORDER
CAROL MIRANDO, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Amended Motion to Extend Dates in Case Management Plan (Doc. 99) filed on June 23, 2017. Plaintiff and Defendants Christopher Sararo and Summer Parham Sararo (the "Sararos") seek to extend the mediation deadline and the deadline for dispositive motions by thirty (30) days because the Sararos' counsel appeared in this matter on March 17, 2017. Docs. 79, 99. Other defendants who have appeared in this matter agree to the requested extension. Doc. 99 at 2. Plaintiff and the Sararos previously filed the motion to extend the deadlines, which the Court denied for failure to comply with Local Rule 3.01(g). Doc. 98.
On February 6, 2017, Senior United States District Judge John E. Steele entered a Case Management and Scheduling Order setting the mediation deadline to June 19, 2017, the discovery deadline to June 26, 2017, the deadline for dispositive motions to June 26, 2017, and a trial term of November 6, 2017. Doc. 73 at 2.
District courts have broad discretion when managing their cases in order to ensure that the cases move to a timely and orderly conclusion. Chrysler Int'l Corp. v. Chemaly, 280 F.3d 1358, 1360 (11th Cir. 2002). Rule 16 requires a showing of good cause for modification of a court's scheduling order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). "This good cause standard precludes modification unless the schedule cannot be met despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension." Sosa v. Airprint Sys., Inc., 133 F.3d 1417, 1418 (11th Cir. 1998) (internal quotations and citations omitted). Here, the Court will grant the requested extension because the Sararos' counsel has been retained recently. Docs. 79, 99. The requested extension also does not affect other remaining CMSO deadlines. Docs. 73 at 2, 99 at 1.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. The Amended Motion to Extend Dates in Case Management Plan (Doc. 99) is GRANTED.
2. The mediation deadline is extended to July 19, 2017.
3. The deadline for dispositive motions is extended to July 26, 2017.
DONE and ORDERED.
