Cooper v. Austal, USA, LLC

Filing 52

ORDER the briefing schedule on plaintiff's motion to amend the complaint is extended as follows: defendant's response due 3/28/19, plaintiff's reply due 4/5/19;granting 46 Motion to Stay dispositive deadline, the dispositive motion deadline is extended to 4/26/19, all remaining deadlines remain as previously set. Signed by Magistrate Judge Katherine P. Nelson on 3/13/19. (srr)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
MICHAEL COOPER,
Plaintiff,
v.
AUSTAL USA, LLC,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:18-00239-N

ORDER
This matter came before the undersigned on March 12, 2019 on the
following: Motion to Stay Dispositive Deadline (Doc. 46), filed March 4, 2019
and Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint (Doc. 44), filed February 27, 2019.
Present at the hearing were Henry Brewster, Esq., counsel for Plaintiff and
Kristin Taylor Parsons, Esq., counsel for Defendant. Temple Trueblood, Esq.,
counsel for Plaintiff participated telephonically.
Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend Complaint (Doc. 44)
Plaintiff has filed a motion to amend the complaint to include additional
claims based on a deposition taken in late February 2019. Defendant objects
to the motion. A briefing schedule has been previously entered (doc. 45 ) but
the parties request an extension of the deadlines to pursue a Magistrate Judge
led settlement conference.
The request to extend the briefing schedule is granted. The deadline for

Defendant’s response is extended to March 28, 2019 and any reply by Plaintiff
should be filed by April 5, 2019.
Motion to Stay Dispositive Deadline (Doc. 46)
The parties jointly moved to extend the dispositive motions deadline on
the grounds, in sum, that a settlement conference has been scheduled before
Magistrate Judge Murray on March 21, 2019. Upon consideration, the motion
is GRANTED. The deadline for dispositive motions is hereby extended to
April 26, 2019.
All remaining deadlines in the Rule 16 Scheduling order, including
pretrial and trial dates, are unaffected by this order and remain as previously
set. (See Doc. 25)
Done this the 13th day of March 2019.

/s/ Katherine P. Nelson
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE