Jones v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC

Filing 34

ORDERED that the Court is satisfied that the parties failure to submit the letters timely was inadvertent. It will, therefore, take no further action on this issue. The March 28, 2024 pre-mediation status conference and April 5, 2024 settlement conference will proceed as scheduled. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 3/27/24. (loh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
JUDITH A. JONES,
Plaintiff,
v.
LOWE’S HOME CENTERS, LLC,
Defendant.

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CV423-153

ORDER
The Court issued an Order to Show Cause as to why the parties did
not timely comply with the instruction to email confidential, ex parte
letters to the undersigned through the Courtroom Deputy Clerk in
anticipation of their upcoming settlement conference with the Court. See
doc. 32; see also doc. 28 at 2 (Order Setting Settlement Conference). The
parties filed a joint response to the Court’s Order, to Show Cause
explaining that “their respective offices inadvertently calendared the
deadline to submit their respective confidential ex-part[e] mediation
letters . . . incorrectly.”

Doc. 33 at 1.

inconvenience to the Court. Id. at 2.

They apologized for any

The parties timely responded to the Order to Show Cause and
submitted their respective ex parte letters to the Courtroom Deputy
Clerk. See doc. 32 at 2 (directing the parties to show cause and submit
their confidential, ex parte letters by March 26, 2024); doc. 33. The Court
is satisfied that the parties’ failure to submit the letters timely was
inadvertent. It will, therefore, take no further action on this issue. The
March 28, 2024 pre-mediation status conference and April 5, 2024
settlement conference will proceed as scheduled. See doc. 28 at 1, 4.
SO ORDERED, this 27th day of March, 2024.

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CHRISTOPHER
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ER L. RAY
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA