Estate of James A. Bunce, Jr. v. United States of America

Filing 29

ORDER granting 28 Motion to Stay. This case is stayed until March 26, 2016. Signed by Judge J. Randal Hall on 1/26/16. (cmr)

IN THE
FOR THE

UNITED

STATES

DISTRICT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT

OF

COURT

GEORGIA

STATESBORO DIVISION

ESTATE OF JAMES A.

BUNCE,

JR.,

*

Deceased, by and through William *
Russell Lanier, Administrator
with Will Annexed,

*
*

Plaintiff,

*

v.

*

CV 614-040

*

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

*
•

Defendant.

*

ORDER

Presently before
for

Sixty-Day

Compromise."

review

by

Stay

(Doc.

the

the

Court

is the

Pending

28).

parties'

Consideration

uJoint
of

Motion

Offer

to

In light of a settlement offer under

Department

of

Justice,

the

Court

previously

extended the parties' deadline to file a proposed pretrial order

until January
that the
Justice's

22,

2016.

(Doc.

27) .

The parties

now indicate

settlement offer is currently under the Department of
"active

consideration".

(Doc.

28

at

1).

The parties

request a sixty-day stay so that the Department of Justice may
consider

the

settlement

submitted by Plaintiff.

offer

(IcL)

and

review

additional

documents

The parties also highlight the

time-consuming review process used by the Department of Justice.
(Id.

at 2).

In

stay

is

light

of

the

warranted.

above,

the

Therefore,

Court

the

finds

Court

that

GRANTS

a

sixty-day

the

parties'

motion and this case is stayed until MARCH 26, 2016.

ORDER ENTERED
January,

at Augusta,

Georgia,

this atfcf^

day of

2016.

Le J.

Randal Hall

Jnited States District Judge
Southern District of Georgia