Chatt et al v. West Memphis Arkansas, City of et al

Filing 70

ORDER granting 69 Plaintiffs' MOTION for Extension of Time to file responses. Plaintiffs' response deadlines to 59 , 63 & 66 MOTIONS for Summary Judgment & to 62 MOTION to Dismiss are extended to & including 5/13/11. The Court grants 56 Plaintiffs' MOTION to Dismiss Dana Dykes & Lt. Dana Dykes is dismissed as a defendant. Signed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on 4/12/2011. (jct)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
ROSIE MAE CHATT, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
VS.
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ET AL.,
Defendants.

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NO: 3:10CV0119 SWW

Order
Before the Court is plaintiffs’ motion for an extension of time to file responses to three motions
for summary judgment and one motion to dismiss. The responses are due April 14, 2011; plaintiffs seek
an additional thirty days to file their responses.
This case is set for trial the week of June 27, 2011. The Court earlier granted defendants a
thirty-day extension of time for filing dispositive motions. See docket entry 52. Under the Local Rules

of this Court, defendants will have seven days to file a reply to plaintiffs’ responses to the motions for
summary judgment. Granting extensions shortens the time the Court has to consider pleadings prior
to trial and may result in the Court not being able to rule on the motions prior to trial. Nevertheless,
the Court will grant the motion [docket entry 69] and allow plaintiffs an additional thirty days in
which to file their responses. Plaintiffs have until and including May 13, 2011, in which to file their
responses.
Also before the Court is plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss Dana Dykes from this lawsuit. The
motion [docket entry 56] is granted. Lt. Dana Dykes is dismissed as a defendant.
SO ORDERED this 12th day of April, 2011.
/s/Susan Webber Wright
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE