Menzies v. Southcoast Holdings, Inc. et al

Filing 19

ORDER granting in part 18 Joint Motion to Stay Case for 30 Days to Enable the Parties to Reach a Potential Settlement. Defendants shall have up to and including December 7, 2015 to respond to 1 Plaintiff's Complaint. Plaintiff shall ha ve up to and including December 14, 2015 to respond to 13 Defendants' Motion to Stay. All other case deadlines, including the deadline to complete the Case Management Report, remain unchanged. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 11/9/2015. (ANW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
ROBERT G. MENZIES,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-643-FtM-38CM

SOUTHCOAST HOLDINGS, INC.
and ROETZEL AND ANDRESS,
Defendants.
ORDER
Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Case for 30 Days to Enable
the Parties to Reach a Potential Settlement (Doc. 18), filed on November 6, 2015.
The parties state that they are engaged in settlement discussions and believe in good
faith that these discussions will resolve this entire dispute.

Doc. 18 at 1.

The

parties request that the Court stay the case for 30 days to help facilitate their
settlement discussions. Id.
The Court is not inclined to stay the entire case. The Court, however, finds
good cause to extend the deadlines for Defendants’ response to the complaint (Doc. 1)
and Plaintiff’s response to Defendants’ motion to stay (Doc. 13).
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
Joint Motion to Stay Case for 30 Days to Enable the Parties to Reach a
Potential Settlement (Doc. 18) is GRANTED in part. Defendants shall have up to
and including December 7, 2015 to respond to Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. 1).

Plaintiff shall have up to and including December 14, 2015 to respond to Defendants’
Motion to Stay (Doc. 13). All other case deadlines, including the deadline to complete
the Case Management Report, remain unchanged.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 9th day of November,
2015.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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