JAMES v. DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVORIAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Filing 25

ORDER denying 24 Motion for Reconsideration. Ordered by Judge Hugh Lawson on 5/10/2012. (nbp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
VALDOSTA DIVISION
SHELLY JAMES,
Plaintiff,
v.

Civil Action No. 7:11-CV-93 (HL)

DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES and THE COUNCIL ON
ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, INC.
Defendants.

ORDER
Before the Court is Defendant The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, Inc.’s
(“the Council”) Motion for Reconsideration. (Doc. 24.) In its Motion, the Council
requests that the Court reconsider its April 27, 2012 order extending discovery
for sixty days. Instead of sixty days, the Council proposes a 120-day extension of
the discovery deadline based on the late addition of the Council to this action.
While acknowledging that the Council was added as a Defendant months
after the lawsuit was initially filed, the Court is not persuaded by the Council’s
argument that the sixty-day extension of the discovery period was inappropriate.
Counsel for Plaintiff and Defendants are ordered to proceed with haste to
complete discovery, and if insurmountable problems arise, the parties should
notify the Court and a further extension will be considered. Until that time, the
discovery deadline remains June 26, 2012.

SO ORDERED, this 10th day of May, 2012.

s/ Hugh Lawson
HUGH LAWSON, SENIOR JUDGE
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