United States of America et al v. Halifax Hospital Medical Center et al

Filing 621

ORDER denying 620 Motion to extend time and directing compliance forthwith. Signed by Magistrate Judge David A. Baker on 5/22/2014. (EC)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
ex. rel. and ELIN BAKLID-KUNZ, Relator,
Plaintiffs,
-vs-

Case No. 6:09-cv-1002-Orl-31TBS

HALIFAX HOSPITAL MEDICAL
CENTER, d/b/a Halifax Health, a/k/a
Halifax Community Health System, a/k/a
Halifax Medical Center and HALIFAX
STAFFING, INC.,
Defendants.
_______________________________________

ORDER
This cause came on for consideration without oral argument on the following motion filed
herein:
MOTION:

JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO
SUBMIT CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE STATEMENTS (Doc. No. 620)

FILED:
May 21, 2014
_____________________________________________________________
THEREON it is ORDERED that the motion is DENIED. The parties are
ordered to submit their settlement conference statements forthwith, and no
later than 4:00 p.m. today (May 22, 2014).
The parties were ordered, on May 14, to provide the statements to the Court by May 20, 2014
(Doc. 611). They have not done so. Although the Court agreed to move the settlement conference
date to accommodate the parties’ scheduling conflict (Doc. 619), the motion to reschedule stated that
the parties would provide the required statements to chambers “one week in advance of the settlement

conference date.” (Doc. 615). As the Court agreed to reschedule the conference to May 29, the
settlement statements are due no later than today.
In the motion, the parties seek an extension of time through Monday, May 26 in which to
provide the statements. Such an extension, according to counsel, would “permit them to provide
mediation statements that would be of greater assistance to Judge Baker in his efforts to facilitate
settlement.” Monday is Memorial Day and, as counsel surely knows, the Courts are closed. As the
settlement statements are not to be filed but are to be tendered to Chambers, counsel fails to explain
how they plan to provide statements that would assist the Court on that day. Although counsel
alternatively seeks to provide the statements tomorrow, the Court finds it would be of greater
assistance if the parties were to comply with the prior Order and tender the statements, as directed,
today.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on May 22, 2014.

David A. Baker
DAVID A. BAKER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record

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