Tri-State Armature & Electrical Works Inc v. Houston et al

Filing 20

ORDER: If Tri-State hasn't served the disputed subpoenas yet, then it should not do so until the Court resolves the parties' dispute. Simultaneous five-page briefs with attachments due by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, 3/1/2017. The Court encourages counsel to do two things: cooperate more; and follow the Court's 15 Scheduling Order, about how to bring discovery disputes to the Court. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 2/28/2017. (jak)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS JONESBORO DIVISION TRI-STATE ARMATURE & ELECTRICAL WORKS, INC. v. PLAINTIFF No. 3:16-cv-134-DPM TIMOTHY B. HOUSTON; ELECTRO DESIGN ENGINEERING, INC.; and CELETA STRIPLING DEFENDANTS ORDER Defense counsel sent the attached emails to chambers today. If Tri-State hasn't served the disputed subpoenas yet, then it should not do so until the Court resolves the parties' dispute. Simultaneous five-page briefs with attachments due by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, 1March2017. The Court encourages counsel to do two things: cooperate more; and follow the Court's Scheduling Order, NQ 15 at 3, about how to bring discovery disputes to the Court. So Ordered. D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge 3:16-cv-00134-DPM Tri-State Armature and Electrical Works Inc. v. Houston et al. Jeff Puryear to: dpmchambers@ared .uscourts.gov 02/28/2017 11 :15 AM "Dorrie_Goodwin@ared.uscourts.gov", "Jim Simpson Cc Usimpson@allensummers.com}", "Shawn Lillie (slillie@laborlaw.biz)" , "Mike Mullally From: Jeff Puryear <jpuryear@wpmfirm .com> To: "dpmchambers@ared .uscourts.gov" <dpmchambers@ared.uscourts.gov> Cc: JOV>, "Jim Simpson "Dorrie._Goodwin@ared.uscourts.gov" <Dorrie.Goodwin@ared .uscourtS. £ (jsimpson@allensumrners.com)" <jsimpson@allensumrners.com>, "Shawn Lillie (slillie@laborlaw.biz}" <slillie@laborlaw.biz>, "Mike Mullally (rnmullally@snellgrovefirm.com)" 1 attachment 12P1251-ltr to Judge Marshall , 2.28.17.PDF Judge Marshall : Please see the attached correspondence . Thank you very much for the Court's time. Jeff Puryear Jeffrey W. Puryear, Esq. 301 West Washington I Jon es boro , AR 72401 PO Box 3077 I Jonesboro , AR 72403 0 : 870.932.0900 I D: 870.336.6451 jpurvear@wpmfi rm.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE T1:s n1r·ssage {1nc! a:1y atl<Khmem nl<1Y constitdr· <I conL,h?ntlal Jttorney-cl10 rYl co111mt.n1u~ 1 u p1 ot?ctef~ by ripplic.:<b! 1. ,._, 1 !f'lt rndPd Pl(Ll u;;ively for tile 111di·,pdut1! ir entit y to \vh ·h 1t is t1c!clressr.d v0u an:: 1nt th:1 • not <'11.ithoru.f·!'i t 1 r"' ,>1 . ~.1a1n, copy , 01 cliss~~n-.111<He tt11s niessa~~~ er any part of 1t. If yoi; t .Ne received 1t11s nif 5, GC ·r inirned iately oy e-r:i i1:! encl del(ite dll copies of this rnessage, th~;1 l ek:rc·, l'~e ~1fl\ h':t,ed or othc·rv;ise a ri 1p1eP oi lhis mr-so;,:ige. vcu are 1sf· 110t1ty 111 • SP.f'"r"· rt WOMACK PHELPS TOM 0. WOMACK JOHN V. PHELPS PURYEAR MAYFIELD ATTORNEYS AT LAW & McN Ell, * JEFFREY W. PURYEAR MARK MAYFIELD ROGER MCNEIL P.A. RYAN M . W ILSON ' WALTERJ . DUNN t** CHUCK GSCHWEND B. WADE BOWEN ARIEL J. SNYDE R Direct: 8 70. 3 3 6.6 45 1 jpuryeor@wpmli rm.com ' LICENSED IN AA AND TN t OF COUNSEl .. LICENSED IN AR, TN, VA, NY ANO DC t llM IN TAXATION February 28, 2017 Sent Via Email Honorable D. P. Marshall Jr. dpmchambers@ared.uscourts.gov Re: Tri-State Armature & Electrical Works, Inc. v. Timothy B. Houston, Electro Design Engineering, Inc., and Ce/eta Stripling; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Jonesboro Division; No. 3:16-cv-134-DPM Dear Judge Marshall: We have a discovery issue as a result of broad subpoenas issued yesterday by Plaintiff's counsel to 25 of our client's customers. When we received the subpoenas yesterday, we asked counsel to withhold service of the subpoenas so we could address with them our objections to the requests; however, counsel is proceeding forward and serving customers as we speak. We are unable to resolve this issue. Our request is simply that counsel withhold service of the subpoenas to the nonparty customers so we can file an appropriate motion, assert our objections and let the Court rule. Will the Court please grant our request for counsel to place on hold service of the subpoenas? Plaintiff's counsel, Jim Simpson, advised that he is out of the office this afternoon and others in his firm are attending a funeral today. Thank you very much for the Court's time. Sincerely, WOMACK PHELPS PURYEAR MAYFIELD & McNEIL JeftTey~E~ JWP/aw cc: via email Ms. Dorie Goodwin Mr. Jim Simpson Mr. Shawn Lillie Mr. Mike Mullally CENTURY CENTER I 301 WEST WASHINGTON I OFFICE 870.932 .0900 I PO BOX 3077 I WWW.WPMFIRM .COM I JONESBORO, AR 72403 FAX 870.932.2553 t WOMACK PHELPS PURYEAR MAYFIELD & MCNEIL, P.A. Honorable D. P. Marshall Jr. dpmchambers@ared.uscourts.gov Ms. Ariel Snyder -2- February 28, 2017 FW: Message from KMBT_C454 Michael Mulla lly to: dpmchambers@ared.uscourts.gov 02/28/201711 :37 AM "Dorrie_Goodwin@ared.uscourts.gov", "Jim Simpson Cc : (jsimpson@allensummers.com)", "Shawn Lillie (slillie@laborlaw.biz)", Jeff Puryear , "asnyder@wpmfirm.com" From: Michael Mullally <MMullally@snellgrovefirm.com> To: "dpmchambers@ared .uscourts.gov" <dpmchambers@ared .uscourts.gov> Cc: "Dorrie_Goodwin@ared.uscourts.gov" <Dorrie_Goodwin@ared.uscou11s.gov>, "Jim Simpson _ (jsimpson@allensummers.com)" <jsimpson@allensummers.com>, "Shawn Lillie (slillie@laborlaw.biz)" <slillie@laborlaw.biz>, Jeff Puryear <jpuryear@wpmf1rm.com>, 1 attachment SKMBT_C45417022812460.pdf Judge Marshall, Please see attached letter. Mike Mullally Snellgrove, Langley, Culpepper, Williams & Mullally Attorneys at Law Frank Snellgrove (1921 -2008) Stanley R. Langley (1940-2011) Malcolm Culpepper Todd Williams Michael E. Mullally Matt Modelevsky J. Chad Owens Abram Skarda 111 E. Huntington - P.O. Box 1346 Jonesboro, AR 72403-1346 Telephone (870) 932-8357 Facsimile (870) 932-5488 E-Ma il: mmullally@snellgrovefi rm.com February 28 , 2017 VIA E-MAIL Honorable D. P. Marshall, Jr. RE: TRI-STATE ARMATURE & ELECTRICAL WORKS , INC. vs . TIMOTHY B. HOUSTON, ELECTRO DESIGN ENGINEERING, INC. , and CELETA STRIPLING-U .S.D.C., E.D . OF ARKANSAS, JONESBORO DIVISION , NO. 3:16CV-134-DPM Dear Judge Marshall: I join in Jeff Puryear's request that the Court place on hold the service of the Subpoenas. Yours very truly, Michael E. Mullally MEM :tr cc: Ms. Dorie Goodwin Mr. Jim Simpson Mr. Shawn Lillie Ms . Ariel Snyder

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