Boyd v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Filing 67

ORDER granting 64 Motion to extend time. See Order for details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas B. Smith on 4/3/2018. (Smith, Thomas)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
TERRY BOYD,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 6:16-cv-989-Orl-22TBS

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
ORDER
This case comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Extend Time to Comply
with the Court’s Order (Doc. 64). The motion, like the parties’ Amended Pretrial
Statement, fails to comply with the rules and orders of this Court. Specifically, the motion
does not satisfy the requirements of FED. R. CIV. P. 6(b)(1)(B), Rule 16(b)(4), Local Rule
3.01(a), or Local Rule 3.01(g). If counsel are unable or unwilling to satisfy the most basic
requirements to practice in federal court, then they don’t belong here.
Despite counsel’s failure to follow the rules, the Court intends to keep this case on
track. Solely for that reason, the motion is GRANTED such that the deadline for counsel
to file an Amended Joint Pretrial Statement and submit the required single set of jury
instructions and verdict form to Chambers is extended to the close of business on April 5,
2018.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on April 3, 2018.

Copies furnished to Counsel of Record