Huon v. Breaking Media et al

Filing 97

MOTION by Defendants Irin Carmon, Gabby Darbyshire, Nick Denton, Gawker Media, Jezebel.com to amend/correct MOTION by Defendants Irin Carmon, Gabby Darbyshire, Nick Denton, Gawker Media, Jezebel.com for extension of time 92 (Lynch, Daniel)

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION

MEANITH HUON,
Plaintiff,
-againstGAWKER MEDIA A/K/A GAWKER.COM,
JEZEBEL.COM, NICK DENTON, IRIN
CARMON & GABY DARBYSHIRE
Defendants

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CIVIL ACTION NO.:
1:11-CV-3054 (MEA JTG)

GAWKER DEFENDANTS’ CORRECTED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF
TIME TO FILE SUMMARY STATEMENTS AND RESPOND TO PLAINTIFF’S
RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
Defendants Gawker Media a/k/a Gawker.com, Jezebel.com, Nick Denton, Irin
Carmon, and Gaby Darbyshire (collectively, “Gawker,” or “Defendants”) by their
attorneys respectfully request that the Court extend to December 29, 2011 the deadline
within which they must respond to Plaintiff Meanith Huon’s (“Plaintiff”) Response to
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss.
1. Late on December 11, 2011, Plaintiff filed a lengthy response to Defendants’
motion to dismiss.
2. By filing his latest motion, Plaintiff has left Defendants with less than 24 hours to
respond and summarize.
3. In light of Plaintiff’s eleventh hour filing, Defendants’ now seek an extension of
time until December 29, 2011 to file their response and summary of the memoranda and
exhibits.
4. In Plaintiff’s “Reply In upport [sic] Of Amended Motion to File A Response Brief
In Excess of 15 Pages To Above the Law’s Motion To Dimiss and For An Extension Of

Time To Respond To Jezebel’s Motion To Dismiss” (the “Reply Brief”), the Plaintiff
stated that he has no objection to Defendants’ likewise receiving an extension of time.
Specifically, the Plaintiff stated:
“Mr. Huon is not asking that the Jezebel Defendants reply during the week of
Christmas or New Year’s. He has no objections to the amount of time the Jezebel
Defendants need to reply.” Reply Brief, ¶ 5.
5. In his response to the Defendants’ motion and a subsequent phone call to counsel,
Mr. Huon now argues— without notice or any other indication to counsel—that he
withdrew his consent to Defendants’ request for an extension.
6. In either case, whether opposed or unupposed, for the foregoing reasons the
Defendants’ request a brief extension of time to file.
WHEREFORE the Moving Defendants respectfully request that this court enter an
order extending to December 29, 2011, the time wihtin which the Moving Defendants
must respond to Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and grant other
such relief as the court should deem appropriate.

Dated: December 13, 2011

Respectfully Submitted,
GAWKER MEDIA A/K/A
GAWKER.COM, JEZEBEL.COM,
NICK DENTON, IRIN CARMON
& GABY DARBYSHIRE,
By: ____/S/ Daniel Lynch _________
One of their attorneys

Daniel Lynch (ARDC No. 6202499)
Lynch & Stern LLP
150 South Wacker Dr., Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
312-346-1600 phone / 312-896-5883 fax