Wainey v. United States of America

Filing 58

ORDERED: This action is set for a bench trial on January 17, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. before the undersigned. The Clerk is DIRECTED to issue a notice of trial under separate cover. See order for deadlines governing this action through the bench trial. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 11/21/2022. (AEH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
DEBORAH A. WAINEY, personal
representative of the estate of
Calvin Griffin, Jr., deceased,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No.: 2:20-cv-969-SPC-NPM

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.
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ORDER1
Before the Court is the Settlement Conference Minute Entry, indicating
the settlement conference resulted in an impasse. (Doc. 57). This four-day
bench trial is currently set for the February 2023 trial term. (Doc. 24). In its
broad discretion, the Court will move up the trial and related deadlines.
It is undisputed that a court may modify trial dates for good cause. Fed.
R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4). There are criminal and civil jury trials pending in February
2023, all of which would take priority over this bench trial. That could result
in this trial being pushed back for months. This case is ready for trial. The

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DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on November 21, 2022.

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