Jones v. Leocadio et al

Filing 66

ORDER granting in part 61 Defendants' Motion to be Excused from Mediation. The Court will set this matter for a status conference under separate order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 2/22/2013. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION

NORMAN WAYNE JONES,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:12-cv-285-Ftm-29SPC

ROB LEOCADIO, PATRICK MCMANUS
and KEVIN RAMBOSK,
Defendants.
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ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on Defendants' Motion to be Excused from
Mediation (Doc. #67) filed on February 1, 2013. Plaintiff pro se filed a response in opposition
(Doc. #64) on February 15, 2013. The Court held a telephonic hearing regarding the issues
raised in the Motion on February 22, 2013. Plaintiff and counsel for the Defendants participated.
Defendants request to be excused from the requirement to mediate this case as Plaintiff is
incarcerated in north Florida. For the reasons discussed at the hearing, Defendants request is
granted to the extent that the mediation will not occur at Jackson Correctional Institution, located
in north Florida. Rather, the Court will set the matter for a status conference at the Federal
Courthouse in Fort Myers, Florida to discuss issues in the case.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
Defendants' Motion to be Excused from Mediation (Doc. #67) is GRANTED in part.
The Court will set this matter for a status conference under separate order.

DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 22nd day of February, 2013.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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