Cooley v. Prison Health Services, Inc. et al

Filing 49

ORDER that upon consideration of plaintiff's 47 MOTION to Continue and defendants' 48 Response, the 44 Amended Scheduling Order entered September 3, 2009 is VACATED; that the pretrial conference and trial term setting in this case are CONTINUED indefinitely; that the parties are ORDERED to file a jointly prepared report on the status of the health of Plaintiff's counsel Julian P. Hardy, Jr. The first such report shall be filed on February 2, 2010; that the parties shall ther eafter file a jointly prepared report on the first Tuesday of every month until such time as the health of Plaintiff's counsel allows the case to resume. Signed by Hon. Chief Judge Mark E. Fuller on 1/4/2010. (cc, ) Deadlines terminated: 09/29/2010 Pretrial and 10/25/2010 Jury Trial

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA N O R T H E R N DIVISION E M M E T T COOLEY a/k/a JAMES COOLEY, P la in tif f , v. P R IS O N HEALTH SERVICES, INC., et al., D e f e n d a n ts. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C A S E NO. 2:08-cv-313-MEF (W O )

ORDER

U p o n consideration of Plaintiff's Motion to Continue (Doc. #47) and Defendants' R e sp o n s e (Doc. #48) supporting that motion, it is hereby O R D E R E D that (1 ) The Amended Scheduling Order entered September 3, 2009 (Doc. #44) is V A C A T E D . The pretrial conference and trial term setting in this case are CONTINUED in d e f in ite ly; and (2 ) The parties are hereby ORDERED to file a jointly prepared report on the status of th e health of Plaintiff's counsel Julian P. Hardy, Jr. The first such report shall be filed on F e b r u a r y 2, 2010, and the parties shall thereafter file a jointly prepared report on the first T u e s d a y of every month until such time as the health of Plaintiff's counsel allows the case to resume. The jointly prepared status report shall indicate the status of the health of

Plaintiff's counsel and the expected date he will be able to resume activity in this matter.

D O N E this the 4th day of January, 2010.

/s/ Mark E. Fuller CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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