AMEC Construction Management, Inc. v FFIC Risk Management Services, Inc.

Filing 118

RULING AND ORDER granting 117 MOTION for Expedited Hearing on 116 MOTION to Compel Discovery Responses, Responsive Documents, and Deposition. Response shall be filed by 8/22/2016. Replies due by 8/25/2016. Motion Hearing set for 8/29/2016 at 03:00 PM in Courtroom 5 before Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes. Signed by Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes on 8/11/2016. (LLH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
AMEC CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT, INC.
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NO. 13-718-JJB-EWD
FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE CO.
RULING AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR EXPEDITED HEARING
Before the court is a Motion for Expedited Hearing of Motion to Compel Discovery (the
“Motion for Expedited Hearing”) filed by Deutsch Kerrigan, LLP (“DK”).1 The Motion for
Expedited Hearing was filed by DK contemporaneously with a Motion to Compel Discovery
Responses, Responsive Documents, and Deposition (the “Motion to Compel”).2
On June 30, 2016, this court granted a Joint Motion to Extend and Modify Stay whereby
the parties were granted leave to conduct limited discovery for a period of ninety (90) days related
to the alleged conflict of interest raised by Defendant, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company
(“FFIC”), in its Motion to Disqualify AMEC’s Counsel of Record.3 Accordingly, the limited
discovery period expires on September 28, 2016. On August 9, 2016, DK filed the Motion to
Compel and Motion for Expedited Hearing.4
DK states in its Motion for Expedited Hearing that counsel for FFIC “did not consent to
the setting of the motion on an expedited basis.”5 However, in light of the ninety day discovery
period, the court finds good cause exists to grant DK’s Motion for Expedited Hearing of Motion
to Compel Discovery.6 Accordingly,

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R. Doc. 117.
R. Doc. 116.
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R. Doc. 109.
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R. Docs. 116 & 117.
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R. Doc. 117, ¶ 5.
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R. Doc. 117.
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IT IS ORDERED that FFIC shall file its opposition (if any) to the Motion to Compel by
Monday, August 22, 2016.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that DK is GRANTED leave to file a reply memorandum
not to exceed five (5) pages in support of the Motion to Compel by Thursday, August 25, 2016.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a hearing on DK’s Motion to Compel is set for
Monday, August 29, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
Signed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on August 11, 2016.

S
ERIN WILDER-DOOMES
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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