Jablonski v. The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Filing 14

ORDER granting 13 Defendant, The Travelers Companies, Inc.'s, Motion for Enlargement of Time. The parties shall have up to and including September 8, 2015 to complete the Case Management Report. 2.The parties are permitted to conduct the Case Management Conference telephonically. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 8/6/2015. (ANW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
EDWARD J. JABLONSKI,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-365-FtM-38CM

THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES,
INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER
Before the Court is Defendant, The Travelers Companies, Inc.’s, Motion for
Enlargement of Time (Doc. 13), filed on August 3, 2015. Defendant seeks a 30-day
extension to complete the Case Management Report. Doc. 13 at 2. Defendant also
requests that the parties be permitted to conduct the Case Management Conference
telephonically. Plaintiff has no objection to the requested relief. Doc. 13 at 3. For
the reasons set for below, Defendant’s motion is granted.
Defendant brought to the Court’s attention that the Court inadvertently
provided the Case Management Report for Patent Cases, and this is an insurance
fraud case.

Doc. 13.

Accordingly, the Court will provide the parties with the

appropriate Case Management Report form and allow the parties and additional 30
days to complete the form.
Defendant also requests that the Court permit the parties to conduct the Case
Management Conference telephonically because Plaintiff is located in Punta Gorda,
Florida, and Defendant is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Doc. 13 at 2. The use

of telephonic hearings and conferences is generally encouraged. M.D. Fla. R. 3.01(i).
Further, Local Rule 9.01(b) provides that it is “the purpose of the Court, through
adoption and implementation of [Local Rule 9.01], to provide for an alternative
mechanism for the resolution of civil disputes . . . with resultant savings in time and
costs to the litigants and to the Court. . . .” M.D. Fla. R. 9.01(b). For good cause
shown and because the motion is unopposed, the parties are permitted to conduct the
Case Management Conference telephonically.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.

Defendant, The Travelers Companies, Inc.'s, Motion for Enlargement of

Time (Doc. 13) is GRANTED. The parties shall have up to and including September
8, 2015 to complete the Case Management Report.
2.

The parties are permitted to conduct the Case Management Conference

telephonically.
3.

The Clerk is directed to issue appropriate Case Management Report for

this case.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 6th day of August, 2015.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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