Gainor v. Sidley, Austin, Brow

Filing 19

AGREED MOTION by Sidley, Austin, Brow to extend time to reply to opposition to motion to dismiss (nt, Deputy Clerk)

Case 1:06-cv-21748-JEM

Document 19

Entered on FLSD Docket 09/08/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORID A CASE NO. : 06-21748 CIV-MARTINEZ/BANDSTRA

MARK J. GAINOR ,

Plaintiff,
V.

SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BROWN & WOOD, LLP, Defendant s

DEFENDANT'S AGREED MOTION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME IN WHICH TO REPLY TO PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITIO N TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS AND COUNSEL'S CERTIFICATION OF HAVING CONFERRE D Defendant, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP f/k/a/ SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP' ("Brown & Wood"), by and through its undersigned counsel , moves this Court for an order enlarging the time in which Brown & Wood must reply to Plaintiff ' s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Defendan t ' s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff ' s Complaint . The grounds for this motion are as follows : 1 . Plaintiff serv ed his opposition to Defend ant Brown & Wood ' s Motion to Dismiss o n August 30, 2006; however, it was not received by Defendant until September 5, 2006 . 2 . Pursuant to S .D .L .R . 7 .1 . C .1, Brown & Wood's reply memorandum would be due on Monday, September 11, 2006 . 3 . Due to good cause shown below Defendant needs an additional fourteen (14) days in which to prepare its reply . Aaron May, the attorney principally handling the reply brief, is presently engaged in a review of thousands of documents in response to a subpoena by the Securitie s

' On January 1, 2006, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP changed its name to Sidley Austin LLP.

Case 1:06-cv-21748-JEM

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and Exchange Commission, the production of which is due September 15, 2005 . In addition, Mr. May must respond by September 20`h to an amended complaint in another matter involving Brown & Wood, Freuh v. . First Union National Bank, Case No. 05-4455, pending in the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County . Florida . During this same time frame, Mr . May is preparing a summary judgment motion in in re UC Airways,e! al, Case No . 04-13814. pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. 4 . This motion is thus made in good faith and not for the purposes of delay . The requested enlargement would make the Defendant's reply due on September 25, 2006 . 5 . On September 5th, Brown & Wood's counsel, Jonathan Altman and Aaron May, conferred with Plaintiff's counsel, Richard Benjamin Wilkes, who graciously authorized them to represent to the Court his agreement with the relief requested in this motion . WHEREFORE, Defendant, Brown & Wood seeks an order enlarging the time in which it must reply to Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint so as to make that reply due on or before September 25, 2006 . CERTIFICATE OF SERVIC E I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy was faxed and mailed this ? of September, 2006, on Richard Benjamin Wilkes, Esq . And Richard W . Candelora, Esq ., d' ay

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Entered on FLSD Docket 09/08/2006

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CASE NO . : 06-21748 CIV-MARTINEZBANDSTRA

Richard Benjamin Wilkes, P .A ., 600 South Magnolia Avenue, Suite 200 , Tampa , Flori da 33606 . Respectfully submitted, PODHURST ORSECK, P .A . 25 West Flagler Street , Suite 800 Tel . (305 ) 358-2800 / Fax (305 ) 358-23 8
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And MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, LLP Jonathan E . Altman, Esq . Aaron M . May, Esq . 355 South Grand Avenue, 35`h Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-156 0 [phone]/Fax [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Sidley Austin, LLP