McFarland v. Nestle USA Inc et al

Filing 22

ORDER granting 21 Motion to Stay deadlines pending mediation. By 1/27/2017 the parties must either inform the Court that this matter has been settled or inform the Court that further negotiations would not be productive. The parties will then file their Rule 26(f) report within 7 days after the stay is lifted and defendants will file their response to the motion to certify class within 14 days after the stay is lifted. The Court will enter its final scheduling order after the Rule 26(f) report is filed. Signed by Judge J. Leon Holmes on 12/9/2016. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
JOY MCFARLAND, Individually and on
Behalf of Others Similarly Situated
v.

PLAINTIFF

NO. 3:16CV00100 JLH

NESTLE USA, INC.; and
NESTLE PREPARED FOODS COMPANY

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
The parties’ joint motion to stay deadlines pending mediation is hereby GRANTED.
Document #21. Deadlines previously set related to submission of a joint preliminary planning report
and defendants’ response to plaintiff’s motion to certify class in this case are hereby enlarged to
January 27, 2017. By January 27, 2017, the parties must either (a) inform the Court that this matter
has been settled, or (b) the parties will inform the Court that further negotiations would not be
productive, will file their Rule 26(f) report within seven days after the stay is lifted, and the
defendants will file their response to the plaintiff’s motion to certify class within fourteen days after
the stay is lifted. The Court will enter its final scheduling order after the Rule 26(f) report is filed.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 9th day of December, 2016.

J. LEON HOLMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE