Porter Van Arsdale et al v. Vinings Insurance Company et al

Filing 24

ORDER denying without prejudice 22 Defendant's Motion for Extension of Deadline to Mediate. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 8/21/2015. (ANW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
PORTER VAN ARSDALE
CONSTRUCTION, INC., LAWRENCE
G. PORTER and PETER VAN
ARSDALE,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-309-FtM-29CM

VININGS INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.
ORDER
Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Extension of Deadline to Mediate
(Doc. 22), filed on August 18, 2015. Defendant requests that the Court extend the
mediation deadline to September 30, 2015.

Doc. 22.

The Local Rule 3.01(g)

certification states that Defendant’s counsel contacted Plaintiff’s counsel, but
Plaintiff’s counsel has not yet responded.
Local Rule 3.01(g) requires that each motion filed in a civil case, with certain
enumerated exceptions not at issue here, contain a statement “stating whether
counsel agree on the resolution of the motion,” and further provides that a statement
to the effect that counsel for the moving party attempted to confer with counsel for
the opposing party but counsel was unavailable is “insufficient to satisfy the parties’
obligation to confer.” M.D. Fla. R. 3.01(g).

ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
Defendant's Motion for Extension of Deadline to Mediate (Doc. 22) is DENIED
without prejudice to refiling the motion in compliance with the local rules of this
Court.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 21st day of August, 2015.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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