Thomas v. The City of Fort Myers Police Department

Filing 40

ORDER granting 39 the Plaintiff, Audenia Nicole Thomas and the City of Fort Myers Police Department's Joint Motion to Enlarge Case Management Deadlines. See Order for amended deadlines. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 12/1/2014. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
AUDENIA NICOLE THOMAS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:13-cv-75-FtM-38CM

THE CITY OF FORT
POLICE DEPARTMENT,

MYERS

Defendant.
/
ORDER1
This matter comes before the Court on the Plaintiff, Audenia Nicole Thomas and
the City of Fort Myers Police Department's Joint Motion to Enlarge Case Management
Deadlines (Doc. #39) filed on November 24, 2014. The Parties move for what amounts
to a six (6) to eight (8) month extension of the deadlines in the case management
schedule. As grounds, the Plaintiff’s Counsel states that he has a busy trial calendar in
the Fall of 2014 and early part of 2015 and that this case will require numerous
depositions and extensive trial preparation.
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b), “[w]hen an act may or must be done within a
specified time, the court may, for good cause, extend the time: (A) with or without motion
or notice if the court acts, or if a request is made, before the original time or its extension

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expires. . . .” Based upon the docket sheet, it appears that very little has been done
toward moving this case forward in the nearly two (2) years since it was filed. Now the
Plaintiff’s Counsel moves the Court to enlarge the deadlines in the Case Management
and Scheduling Order by nearly eight (8) months because of his busy trial schedule.
Attorneys are responsible for managing their own case load and an extension of the entire
Case Management and Scheduling Order based on the busy schedule of Plaintiff’s
Counsel does not represent good cause for the enlargement of time to the extent
requested.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
The Plaintiff, Audenia Nicole Thomas and the City of Fort Myers Police
Department's Joint Motion to Enlarge Case Management Deadlines (Doc. #39) is
GRANTED as follows:
Disclosure of Experts

Plaintiff:
Defendant:

Discovery Deadline
Mediation
Dispositive
Motions,
Markman Motions

January 29, 2015
March 1, 2015
April 1, 2015

Deadline:
Daubert,

March 12, 2015

and April 30, 2015

Meeting In Person to Prepare Joint Final June 25, 2015
Pretrial Statement (Including a Single Set of
Jointly Proposed Jury Instructions and
Verdict Forms (With diskette), Voir Dire
Questions, Witnesses Lists, Exhibit Lists on
Approved Form)
Joint Pretrial Statement

July 9, 2015

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All Other Motions Including Motions In July 9, 2015
Limine, Trial Briefs
Final Pretrial Conference

Date:
Time:
Judge:

July 31, 2015
9:30am
Hon. Sheri Polster Chappell

Trial Term Begins
September 1, 2015
(Trials Before Magistrate Judges Begin on
Date Certain)
Estimated Length of Trial

10 days

Jury/Non Jury

Jury

No further extensions to the already elongated Case Management Order will be
allowed absent good cause.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 1st day of December, 2014.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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