Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. U.S. Specialty Insurance Company et al

Filing 48

ORDER granting 47 Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines for Disclosure of Expert Reports. The deadline for Plaintiff's disclosure of expert reports is hereby extended to December 9, 2016. The deadline for Defendants' disclosure of expert reports is hereby extended to January 15, 2017. The expert discovery deadline is hereby extended to February 15, 2017. All other deadlines and directives in the Case Management and Scheduling Order (Doc. 37) remain in effect. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 10/14/2016. (LS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, as Receiver for
Orion Bank of Naples, Florida
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:15-cv-702-FtM-99CM

U.S. SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY and THE HANOVER
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon review of the Joint Motion to Extend
Deadlines for Disclosure of Expert Reports (Doc. 47) filed on October 7, 2016.
Currently, Plaintiff’s deadline for the disclosure of expert reports is November 1, 2016
and Defendants’ deadline for the disclosure of expert reports is December 15, 2016.
Doc. 37 at 1. The parties’ expert discovery deadline is February 1, 2017. Id. The
parties request that the Court extend Plaintiff’s deadline for the disclosure of expert
reports to December 9, 2016, and Defendants’ deadline for the disclosure of expert
reports to January 15, 2017. Doc. 47 at 2. The parties also request an extension of
the expert discovery deadline to February 15, 2017. Id.
District courts have broad discretion when managing their cases in order to
ensure that the cases move to a timely and orderly conclusion. Chrysler Int’l Corp.

v. Chemaly, 280 F.3d 1358, 1360 (11th Cir. 2002). Rule 16 requires a showing of

good cause for modification of a court’s scheduling order. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4).
“This good cause standard precludes modification unless the schedule cannot be met
despite the diligence of the party seeking the extension.” Sosa v. Airprint Sys., Inc.,
133 F. 3d 1417, 1418 (11th Cir. 1998) (internal quotations and citations omitted).
Upon review of the motion, the Court is satisfied that the parties have been diligent
in their discovery efforts and cannot meet the current deadlines despite their
diligence. Moreover, the requested extensions will not affect the trial term or the
remaining pretrial deadlines. Accordingly, the Court finds good cause to grant the
requested extensions.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.

The Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines for Disclosure of Expert Reports

(Doc. 47) is GRANTED.
2.

The deadline for Plaintiff’s disclosure of expert reports is hereby

extended to December 9, 2016. The deadline for Defendants’ disclosure of expert
reports is hereby extended to January 15, 2017. The expert discovery deadline is
hereby extended to February 15, 2017.
3.

All other deadlines and directives in the Case Management and

Scheduling Order (Doc. 37) remain in effect.

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DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 14th day of October,
2016.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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