SACRED HEART HEALTH SYSTEMS INC ET AL v. HUMANA MILITARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC

Filing 616

REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING 614 EXTENDING FACT DISCOVERY PERIOD. It is recommended that - The fact discovery deadline shall be extended from March 2, 2012, to March 30 2012. That the deadline for motions to compel shall be extended from March 5, 2012, to April 2, 2012. Signed by SPECIAL MASTER ROBERT P. MURRIAN on February 20, 2012. (pmc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
PENSACOLA DIVISION
SACRED HEART HEALTH SYSTEM,
INC., et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

CASE NO.: 3:07CV00062/MCR/EMT

HUMANA MILITARY HEALTHCARE
SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation,
Defendant.
/
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION REGARDING EXTENDING FACT
DISCOVERY PERIOD
Before the Special Master is a Joint Motion of the parties to extend the fact discovery
deadline from March 2, 2012, to March 30, 2012, and the deadline for motions to compel from
March 5, 2012, to April 2, 2012.
For the reasons set forth in the parties’ Joint Motion, and for good cause shown, it is
hereby RECOMMENDED that
1.

The fact discovery deadline set forth in Paragraph 5.H of the Court’s Order on
Discovery and Pretrial Plan (Doc. 376), as amended by Order of December 12,
2011 (Doc. 574), shall be extended from March 2, 2012, to March 30 2012; and
it is further RECOMMENDED that

2.

The deadline for motions to compel set forth in Paragraph 5.I of the Court’s Order
on Discovery and Pretrial Plan (Doc. 376), as amended by Order of December 12,
2011 (Doc. 574), shall be extended from March 5, 2012, to April 2, 2012; and it
is further RECOMMENDED that

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3.

The parties shall notice any remaining party depositions or notice their intent to
serve subpoenas for any remaining non-party depositions no later than March 2,
2012. Notwithstanding this deadline, any party may notice a party deposition or
notice its intent to serve a subpoena for a non-party deposition after March 2,
2012, if the deponent’s identity or materiality was discovered after February 24,
2012; and it is further RECOMMENDED that

4.

None of the other deadlines set forth in the Court’s Order on Discovery and
Pretrial Plan (Doc. 376), as amended by Order of December 12, 2011 (Doc. 574),
shall be altered by this RECOMMENDATION.

ENTERED this 20th day of February, 2012.

/s/ ROBERT P. MURRIAN
ROBERT P. MURRIAN
SPECIAL MASTER
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 20th day of February, 2012, a copy of the foregoing Report
and Recommendation was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by operation of
the Court’s electronic filing system to all parties indicated on the electronic filing receipt. All
other parties will be served by regular U.S. mail. Parties may access this filing through the
Court’s electronic filing system.
/S/ ROBERT P. MURRIAN
Robert P. Murrian, Special Master
Reeves, Herbert & Murrian, P.A.
2607 Kingston Pike, Suite 130
Knoxville, Tennessee 37919
[phone]
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