Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Tabby Place Homeowners Association, Inc. et al

Filing 153

ORDERED that the parties are DIRECTED to file any Motion to Amend the operative scheduling order within 14 days of the date of this Order. Additionally, for statistical purposes only, this case is STAYED pending the parties' compliance with that direction. The Clerk is DIRECTED to lift the stay on October 10, 2024. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 9/26/24. (loh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE
CO.,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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TABBY PLACE HOMEOWNER’S )
ASSOCIATION, INC., et al.,
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Defendant.
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CV421-346

ORDER
As required by the governing Scheduling Order, doc. 149 at 2, the
parties have submitted a Joint Status Report. Doc. 152. Although they
indicate that discovery is not complete, id. at 1, no party has filed a
motion to reopen discovery, see generally docket. The final discovery
deadline expired, and therefore discovery closed in this case, on August
21, 2024. See doc. 149. This is a motions-driven Court. If the parties
seek relief, they must do so in a motion. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(b)(1).
Motions for modifying an existing scheduling order must be supported by
a showing of good cause. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(4); Sosa v. Airprint
Sys., Inc., 133 F.3d 1417, 1418 (11th Cir. 1998). Absent a motion making

the requisite showing, discovery remains closed, and the deadline for civil
motions remains October 21, 2024.1

Therefore, the parties are

DIRECTED to file any Motion to Amend the operative scheduling order
within 14 days of the date of this Order. Additionally, for statistical
purposes only, this case is STAYED pending the parties’ compliance with
that direction. The Clerk is DIRECTED to lift the stay on October 10,
2024.
SO ORDERED, this 26th day of September, 2024.

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CHRI
CHRISTOPHER
RISTOP
OPHER
P
L. RAY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

Defendants indicate that they may file a Motion to Compel “to the extent a dispute
regarding discovery arises as stated in section I.A.” Doc. 152 at 4. They are reminded
that they must comply with the undersigned’s Standard Procedures for Discovery
Disputes before filing any discovery motions. See doc. 5. The Court makes no
determination at this point whether any discovery motion may be properly filed given
the discovery period has closed.
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