TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 357 v. REPUBLIC AIRLINE, INC. et al

Filing 29

ORDER denying Defendants' 15 Motion to extend the deadlines in scheduling order. As ordered in Docket No. 24, the initial pretrial conference in this matter shall be held at 11:30 a.m. EST on September 15, 2015 and the parties shall conduct the Rule 26(f) conference on or before September 4, 2015 (see Order for additional information). Signed by Magistrate Judge Mark J. Dinsmore on 9/4/2015. (SWM)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 357,
Plaintiff,
vs.
REPUBLIC AIRLINE, INC.,
SHUTTLE AMERICA, INC.,
REPUBLIC AIRWAYS HOLDINGS, INC.,
Defendants.

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No. 1:15-cv-01066-WTL-MJD

ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND
THE DEADLINES IN SCHEDULING ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Extend the Deadlines in
Scheduling Order. [Dkt. 15.] Defendants request that the Court postpone the initial
pretrial conference until 30 days after the Court rules on its Motion to Dismiss and that
the Rule 26(f) conference occur in advance of that delayed initial pretrial conference.
Defendants cite multiple cases for the proposition that a discovery stay may be
appropriate when a motion to dismiss can resolve the case. Setting aside for the
moment that a discovery stay is not the relief sought in Defendants’ Motion, the analysis
for whether staying discovery – or, in this case, delaying the initial pretrial and Rule
26(f) conference – is appropriate is whether the action will advance the goal
memorialized in Rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to secure “the just,
speedy and inexpensive determination of [this] action.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 1. In this Court’s
view, delaying the initial pretrial and Rule 26(f) conference until 30 days after a ruling

on the Motion to Dismiss would slow down, rather than expedite, the litigation. See
O’Connor v. Eden Management LLC, 2014 WL 5761138 (N.D. Ill. 2014). Therefore,
Defendants’ Motion is DENIED. As ordered in Docket No. 24, the initial pretrial
conference in this matter shall be held at 11:30 a.m. EST on September 15, 2015 and the
parties shall conduct the Rule 26(f) conference on or before September 4, 2015.

Date: 09/04/2015

Distribution:
Jason R. Delk
DELK MCNALLY
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David J. Carr
ICE MILLER LLP
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Paul Conrad Sweeney
ICE MILLER LLP
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Aparna B. Joshi
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
[e-mail]
Robert Siegel
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP
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