Baker v. National Credit Management, Inc.

Filing 11

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 9 Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Class Certification Motion. Plaintiff shall have up to and including July 14, 2017 to file a motion for class certification. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 3/8/2017. (HJ)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
BEN BAKER, individually and on
behalf of all others similarly situated
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:16-cv-881-FtM-29CM

NATIONAL CREDIT
MANAGEMENT, INC.,
Defendant.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon review of Plaintiff's Unopposed
Motion to Extend Deadline to File Class Certification Motion (Doc. 9) filed on March
7, 2017.

Plaintiff seeks to extend the deadline of March 13, 2017 to file a class

certification motion to September 15, 2017 because Defendant has not yet appeared
in this matter and Plaintiff does not have adequate time to conduct discovery and
obtain information necessary for class certification before March 13, 2017. Doc. 9 at
2.

Defendant does not oppose the requested relief.

Id. at 4.

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). Although there has been no Case
Management and Schedule Order, the Court still has an obligation to ensure that
this case reaches a conclusion within a reasonable period of time.

While the Court

finds good cause to grant an extension, the Court finds the requested extension to be

excessive.

The Court will allow an additional four months from that date for

Plaintiff to file a motion for class certification, which should provide sufficient time
for discovery concerning class certification.
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1.

Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Extend Deadline to File Class

Certification Motion (Doc. 9) is GRANTED in part.
2.

Plaintiff shall have up to and including July 14, 2017 to file a motion

for class certification.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 8th day of March, 2017.

Copies:
Counsel of record

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