Brooks v. Brooks Consultants, Inc. et al

Filing 107

ORDER granting 104 Time Sensitive Motion to Compel Plaintiff to Attend Local Rule 3.06(b) In-Person Meeting or, Alternatively, Motion to Conduct Status Conference. It is ORDERED that all parties shall appear at the Orange County Bar Associati on office at 1:00 p.m. on May 22, 2024, for purposes of conducting the pretrial meeting pursuant to Local Rule 3.06. Failure to comply with this Order may result in the imposition of sanctions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Leslie Hoffman Price on 5/9/2024. (MKH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION

RUFUS LOVELL BROOKS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 6:22-cv-669-WWB-LHP

BROOKS CONSULTANTS, INC.,
TERI-LYNNE JOHANSSON and
GERRY WYSE,
Defendants

ORDER
This cause came on for consideration without oral argument on the following
motion filed herein:
MOTION: TIME SENSITIVE -- MOTION TO COMPEL
PLAINTIFF TO ATTEND LOCAL RULE 3.06(b) INPERSON MEETING OR, ALTERNATIVELY,
MOTION TO CONDUCT STATUS CONFERENCE
(Doc. No. 104)
FILED:

May 3, 2024

THEREON it is ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.
Defendants move to compel Plaintiff to attend an in-person pretrial meeting
pursuant to Local Rule 3.06, which has been scheduled to take place at the Orange

County Bar Association office at 1:00 p.m. on May 22, 2024. Doc. No. 104. The
Court ordered Plaintiff to respond to the motion on or before May 8, 2024, Doc. No.
105, but he did not. And after filing the motion, Defendants filed a “Notice of
Compliance” stating that Plaintiff emailed defense counsel “and agreed that he will
attend the in-person meeting that’s been scheduled for May 22, 2024, at 1:00 P.M. at
the Orange County Bar Association office.” Doc. No. 106.
Upon consideration, given the lack of opposition to the motion, see Doc. No.
105, and Plaintiff’s apparent agreement to the relief sought therein, see Doc. No. 106,
Defendants’ Motion (Doc. No. 104) is GRANTED. It is ORDERED that all parties
shall appear at the Orange County Bar Association office at 1:00 p.m. on May 22,
2024, for purposes of conducting the pretrial meeting pursuant to Local Rule 3.06.
Failure to comply with this Order may result in the imposition of sanctions.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on May 9, 2024.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record
Unrepresented Parties

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