Pantazes v. Altria Group Distribution Company

Filing 30

ORDER granting 29 Motion to confer telephonically. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas B. Smith on 7/30/2014. (Smith, Thomas)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
STEPHEN PANTAZES,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 6:14-cv-660-Orl-37TBS

ALTRIA GROUP DISTRIBUTION
COMPANY,
Defendant.
_____________________________________/
ORDER
Pending before the Court is Defendant’s Second Motion to Waive the InPerson Requirement of the Case Management Report (Doc. 29). Counsel for
Defendant represents that he has conferred with Plaintiff about the relief requested in
the motion and Plaintiff replied that he needed time to think about it. (Id., ¶ 6).
This is a Track Two case. (Doc. 7). Pursuant to M.D. Fla. R. 3.05(c)(2), the
Court ordered counsel and any unrepresented party to meet within 60 days after
service of the complaint upon any Defendant to prepare and file a case management
report. (Id.). The parties have through August 4, 2014 within to file their case
management report. (Doc. 26).
Defendant desires to meet with Plaintiff telephonically to prepare the case
management report. The Court encourages the use of telephonic conferences,
whenever possible, particularly when counsel are located in different cities. M.D. Fla.
R. 3.01(I). Plaintiff is located in Ormond Beach, Florida and Defendant’s lawyer is
located in Kansas City, Missouri. (Docket).

Under the circumstances, the Court finds that a telephonic conference is
appropriate. Therefore, Defendant’s motion is GRANTED. The parties may confer
telephonically to complete their case management report.
DONE AND ORDERED in Orlando, Florida, on July 30, 2014.

Copies to:
Plaintiff, pro se
All Counsel

-2-