Deason v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company et al

Filing 57

ORDER granting 56 Motion to Stay discovery and all related deadlines. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 9/21/16. (wwp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
JOHN DEASON,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. CV415-220

NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
COMPANY, et al. ,
Defendant.

ORDER
Discovery in this case is currently set to expire on September 20,
2016. The parties request that the Court stay all discovery and all
subsequent deadlines affected by the expiration of discovery pending the
outcome of a mediation scheduled for October 27, 2016.1 Doc. 56.
Because that future mediation could well resolve the dispute and moot
any need for discovery (at least in this Court), the Court STAYS
discovery and all related deadlines. The parties shall file a joint status

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The parties are all in agreement that mediation is appropriate at this time, and the
October 27, 2016 date is the “first date of availability for both a mediator agreeable to
all parties and all the necessary parties and counsel who must attend the mediation.”
Doc. 56 at 1.

report indicating the outcome of the mediation and the need, if any, for
the stay of discovery to be lifted by November 10, 2016.

SO ORDERED , this 21st day of September, 2016.

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UMTED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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