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

Filing 39

ORDER addressing Joint Reports 22 & 28 . Simultaneous supplemental production, as approved on the record, due by 5/8/2017. 31 Motion to Amend is granted in part and denied in part. New defamation claims against new defendants would further comp licate an already tangled dispute. All other proposed amendments approved. Clean copy of the amended complaint, reflecting the Court's limitation, due by 4/14/2017. An Amended Final Scheduling Order will issue. Signed by Judge D. P. Marshall Jr. on 4/7/2017. (jak)

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

1. The Court held a status conference and ruled on various discovery

issues from the bench. Those rulings are in the transcript, which the parties
may order or not, as they choose. Joint reports, NQ 22 & 28, addressed.
Simultaneous supplemental production, as approved on the record, due by

8 May 2017.
2. The motion to amend, NQ 31, is granted in part and denied in part.

New defamation claims against new defendants would further complicate an
already tangled dispute. All other proposed amendments approved. Clean
copy of the amended complaint, reflecting the Court's limitation, due by
14 April 2017.
3. An Amended Final Scheduling Order will issue.

So Ordered.

D.P. Marshall Jr.
United States District Judge

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