Filed: Feb. 01, 2017
Latest Update: Feb. 01, 2017
Summary: ORDER CAROL MIRANDO , Magistrate Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon review of Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines in Case Management and Scheduling Order and to Change Mediator Selection (Doc. 16) filed on January 20, 2017. On December 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed this action against his former employer, Rich Dad Education, Inc. ("Defendant"), alleging six causes of action under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Florida Civil Rights Act.
Summary: ORDER CAROL MIRANDO , Magistrate Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon review of Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines in Case Management and Scheduling Order and to Change Mediator Selection (Doc. 16) filed on January 20, 2017. On December 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed this action against his former employer, Rich Dad Education, Inc. ("Defendant"), alleging six causes of action under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Florida Civil Rights Act. D..
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ORDER
CAROL MIRANDO, Magistrate Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon review of Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines in Case Management and Scheduling Order and to Change Mediator Selection (Doc. 16) filed on January 20, 2017.
On December 9, 2015, Plaintiff filed this action against his former employer, Rich Dad Education, Inc. ("Defendant"), alleging six causes of action under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Florida Civil Rights Act. Doc. 1. On March 21, 2016, the Court entered a Case Management and Scheduling Order ("CMSO") setting forth various case deadlines. Doc. 25. Currently, the parties' discovery deadline is March 31, 2017 and their mediation deadline is April 19, 2017. Id. at 1.
On September 28, 2016, Plaintiff's wife, Gwyndolyn Nunez, filed a separate action against Defendant in the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division, in the case styled Nunez v. Rich Dad Education, Inc. et al, Case No. 2:16-cv-00736-UA-MRM. Id. at 2. Plaintiff and his wife are represented by the same counsel in both cases, and Defendant is represented by the same counsel in both cases. Id. The court in Ms. Nunez's case recently entered a CMSO providing the parties there until October 19, 2017 to complete mediation. Id. Plaintiff and Defendant believe that the possibility of reaching settlement would be increased by mediating the instant case and Ms. Nunez's case concurrently, so as to save attorneys' fees and costs and allow for joint consideration of various issues affecting Plaintiff, Ms. Nunez, and Defendant. Id. at 2. To accomplish this, the parties seek to extend the case deadlines by sixty days so as to permit Ms. Nunez to engage in written discovery before mediation.1 Id. The parties also seek permission to mediate this matter concurrently with Ms. Nunez's case, and to change their mediator selection from James Nulman to Denise Wheeler. Id. Based on the parties' representations, the Court finds good cause to grant the motion.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines in Case Management and Scheduling Order and to Change Mediator Selection (Doc. 16) is GRANTED. An amended case management and scheduling order will be filed under separate cover.
DONE and ORDERED.
