Filed: Sep. 12, 2018
Latest Update: Sep. 12, 2018
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT, JULIE BOLTON'S MOTION TO DISMISS [ECF No. 56] (Second Request) JAMES C. MAHAN , District Judge . IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and AGREED by and between Defendant JULIE BOLTON, by and through her counsel STEPHEN G. CASTRONOVA and THOMAS D. DILLARD, JR., and Plaintiff SCOTT FRIEDMAN, by and through his counsel, MELANIE A. HILL and LISA A. RASMUSSEN, that the briefing deadlines on Ms. Bolton's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 56] be extende
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT, JULIE BOLTON'S MOTION TO DISMISS [ECF No. 56] (Second Request) JAMES C. MAHAN , District Judge . IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and AGREED by and between Defendant JULIE BOLTON, by and through her counsel STEPHEN G. CASTRONOVA and THOMAS D. DILLARD, JR., and Plaintiff SCOTT FRIEDMAN, by and through his counsel, MELANIE A. HILL and LISA A. RASMUSSEN, that the briefing deadlines on Ms. Bolton's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 56] be extended..
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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON DEFENDANT, JULIE BOLTON'S MOTION TO DISMISS [ECF No. 56]
(Second Request)
JAMES C. MAHAN, District Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED and AGREED by and between Defendant JULIE BOLTON, by and through her counsel STEPHEN G. CASTRONOVA and THOMAS D. DILLARD, JR., and Plaintiff SCOTT FRIEDMAN, by and through his counsel, MELANIE A. HILL and LISA A. RASMUSSEN, that the briefing deadlines on Ms. Bolton's Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 56] be extended. This Stipulation is executed for the following reasons:
1. Ms. Bolton filed her Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 56] on August 20, 2018 ("the Motion").
2. Counsel for Plaintiff filed a Motion to Extend Deadline to Respond to Defendant, Julie Bolton's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint on September 4, 2018 so that counsel for the parties could confer in an attempt to resolve some of the arguments made in support of the Motion to streamline to claims Plaintiff will pursue against Ms. Bolton.
3. Counsel for the parties met and conferred on September 5, 2018 on the Motion and agreed to extend the deadline for Plaintiff to respond to Ms. Bolton's Motion for at least another two weeks so counsel could more meaningfully confer the following week.
4. The Court granted Plaintiff's Motion to Extend on September 11, 2018 extending the deadline to oppose Ms. Bolton's Motion to September 11, 2018.
5. Counsel for the parties further met and conferred on September 11, 2018 to discuss streamlining the claims and Plaintiff amending the Complaint against Ms. Bolton to address counsel's arguments in Ms. Bolton's Motion.
6. Counsel for the parties agreed to extend Plaintiff's deadline to file a response to Ms. Bolton's Motion to September 28, 2018 to allow the parties additional time to confer and determine how best to proceed against Ms. Bolton. Counsel for the parties further agreed to extend the deadline for Ms. Bolton to file a reply to October 12, 2018.
7. The request for additional time in this Stipulation is made in good faith.
8. The requested extension is not for purposes of delay, but to avoid unnecessary litigation or the wasting of resources and expense on issues that can be resolved between counsel for the parties or through amendment of the complaint.
ORDER
This matter came before the Court on the parties' Stipulation and Order to Extend Briefing Schedule on Defendant, Julie Bolton's Motion to Dismiss. Based on the stipulation of the parties, and finding that the extension request is made in good faith, to avoid unnecessary litigation or the wasting of resources and expense, and not for the purposes of undue delay,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the deadline for Plaintiff to file a response to Ms. Bolton's Motion is extended to September 28, 2018.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the deadline for Ms. Bolton to file a reply is extended to October 12, 2018.
