Yieh Corporation Limited v. Metro Steel Pipe & Supply, Inc.

Filing 24

ORDER denying #23 Motion to extend time. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens on 2/17/2017. (JWM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
OCALA DIVISION
YIEH CORPORATION LIMITED, a
Hong Kong corporation
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 5:16-cv-262-Oc-37PRL

METRO STEEL PIPE & SUPPLY, INC.
Defendant.

ORDER
This case is before the Court for consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time to
Complete Discovery (Doc. 21). Plaintiff requests a brief enlargement of time through March 1,
2017 to complete discovery. Plaintiff also represents that the current discovery deadline is
February 10, 2017 (which is the same day the motion was filed), and that enlargement of the
discovery deadline will not affect other deadlines in the case. The Court notes that this is the
second requested extension of the discovery deadline.
Plaintiff further represents that “On February 10, 2017, the undersigned counsel requested
the consent of the defendant to the relief requested in this motion, but has not received a response
as of the time of filing.” Plaintiff’s motion was filed February 10, 2017, and Plaintiff has not
supplemented its motion since then.
Plaintiff’s representation does not appear to comply with the letter and spirit of Local Rule
3.01(g), which requires the moving party to confer with counsel for the opposing party in a good
faith effort to resolve the issues raised by the motion. Local Rule 3.01(g) specifically provides:

A certification to the effect that opposing counsel was unavailable for a conference
before filing a motion is insufficient to satisfy the parties’ obligation to confer. The
moving party retains the duty to contact opposing counsel expeditiously after filing
and to supplement the motion promptly with a statement certifying whether or to
what extent the parties have resolved the issue(s) presented in the motion.

Accordingly, upon due consideration Plaintiffs’ motion (Doc. 23) is DENIED. The
parties are reminded of their obligations to confer under Local Rule 3.01(g) and the district judge’s
notice about it in the .Case Management and Scheduling Order (see, e.g., Doc. 18, p. 2 & 5).
DONE and ORDERED in Ocala, Florida on February 16, 2017.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record
Unrepresented Parties

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