Filed: Mar. 01, 2018
Latest Update: Mar. 01, 2018
Summary: ORDER (Docket No. 456) NANCY J. KOPPE , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court is Defendant GEM S.A.'s ("GEM") motion to extend the deadline for the joint proposed pretrial order. Docket No. 456. Plaintiff filed a response in opposition. Docket No. 458. No reply was filed. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS in part Defendant GEM's motion to extend. Defendant GEM requests a 60-day extension to the March 13, 2018 deadline for the joint proposed pretrial order. Docket N
Summary: ORDER (Docket No. 456) NANCY J. KOPPE , Magistrate Judge . Pending before the Court is Defendant GEM S.A.'s ("GEM") motion to extend the deadline for the joint proposed pretrial order. Docket No. 456. Plaintiff filed a response in opposition. Docket No. 458. No reply was filed. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS in part Defendant GEM's motion to extend. Defendant GEM requests a 60-day extension to the March 13, 2018 deadline for the joint proposed pretrial order. Docket No..
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ORDER
(Docket No. 456)
NANCY J. KOPPE, Magistrate Judge.
Pending before the Court is Defendant GEM S.A.'s ("GEM") motion to extend the deadline for the joint proposed pretrial order. Docket No. 456. Plaintiff filed a response in opposition. Docket No. 458. No reply was filed. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS in part Defendant GEM's motion to extend.
Defendant GEM requests a 60-day extension to the March 13, 2018 deadline for the joint proposed pretrial order. Docket No. 456 at 2. Defendant GEM submits five reasons to extend the deadline: (1) the parties scheduled a Court-ordered deposition for February 27, 2018; (2) the parties are involved in an ongoing discovery dispute, which requires Court-ordered supplemental responses due March 12, 2018; (3) Defendant GEM plans to "challenge certain portions of the Court's order" of the supplemental responses due on March 12, 2018; (4) Defendant GEM received supplemental production "of extensive data and information" from Plaintiff on February 20, 2018; and (5) Defendant GEM's counsel has previously scheduled conflicting trial dates and other deadlines in the upcoming weeks. Id. at 2-3.
Plaintiff submits in opposition that the extension should be limited to 30 days because it had previously stipulated to Defendant GEM's initial request to a 30-day extension. Docket No. 458 at 3. In opposition to Defendant GEM's submissions, Plaintiff submits that: (1) outstanding discovery will be substantially completed prior to the March 13, 2018 deadline; (2) the discovery dispute is not "ongoing" as the Court has ordered Defendant GEM to provide supplemental responses; (3) an anticipated challenge to the Court's order does not permit Defendant GEM to withhold discovery; (4) Plaintiff's supplemental production is unlikely to affect compliance with the March 13, 2018 deadline; and (5) Defendant GEM's submissions as to its other upcoming deadlines are "vague and unsupported." Id. at 6-7.
The Court finds that good cause has been shown for a 30-day extension. Accordingly, Defendant GEM's motion to extend the joint proposed pretrial order is GRANTED in part. Docket No. 456. The joint proposed pretrial order is due April 12, 2018.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
