Ermini v. Scott et al

Filing 47

ORDER granting 46 the Joint/Agreed Motion for Enlargement of Time. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 10/4/2016. (HJ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
PATRICIA I. ERMINI,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-701-FtM-99CM

MIKE SCOTT, CHARLENE
PALMESE, RICHARD LISENBEE,
ROBERT HAMER and WILLIAM
MURPHY,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Joint/Agreed Motion for
Enlargement of Time (Doc. 46) filed on October 3, 2016.
On November 10, 2015, Plaintiff filed a Complaint (Doc. 1) against Defendants.
On January 27, 2016, the parties submitted a Case Management Report proposing
the discovery deadline of October 1, 2016, the mediation deadline of December 1,
2016, the deadline of November 1, 2016 for dispositive motions and Daubert, and

Markman motions, and a trial term of February 1, 2017. Doc. 36. On August 10,
2016, the Court issued a Case Management and Scheduling Order setting the
discovery deadline to October 3, 2016, the mediation deadline to October 21, 2016,
the deadline for dispositive motions and Daubert, and Markman motions to
November 1, 2016, and a trial term of February 6, 2017. Doc. 44. The record also
reveals that the CMSO deadlines have not been extended or altered since the Court
entered the CMSO.

On October 3, 2016, the parties jointly filed the present motion seeking the
first extension of the CMSO deadlines. Doc. 46. The parties state that they have
not completed discovery and are not ready to mediate or prepare dispositive motions.

Id. at 2. The parties ask the Court to extend the relevant deadlines out by not less
than four (4) months but not more than six (6) months. Before the parties filed the
present motion, the Court recognizes that the CMSO deadlines have not been
extended or altered before.

For good cause shown and because this motion is

unopposed, the Court will grant the extensions, but not to the extent the parties seek.
The discovery and mediation deadlines and the deadline for dispositive motions and

Daubert, and Markman motions will be extended by eighty (80) days. The trial term
is rescheduled to commence on April 3, 2017.
Given the length of the extension granted here, the Court expects the parties
to exercise their diligence in meeting the extended deadlines. The parties’ continued
diligence and coordination also will eliminate the parties’ future need to file
additional motions to extend the deadlines.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. The Joint/Agreed Motion for Enlargement of Time (Doc. 46) is GRANTED.
2. An amended case management and scheduling order will be issued under
separate cover.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 4th day of October, 2016.

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Copies:
Counsel of record

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