Lawson v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al

Filing 17

RULING dismissing as moot 8 Motion to Compel Independent Medical Examination, 11 Supplemental Motion to Compel Independent Medical Examination and both 9 , 12 Motions for Expedited Hearing. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen C. Riedlinger on 10/14/2015. (LLH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

KELLY LAWSON
CIVIL ACTION
VERSUS
NUMBER 15-92-JWD-SCR
WAL-MART STORES, INC., ET AL
RULING ON MOTION TO COMPEL MEDICAL EXAMINATION
Before

the

court

are

the

defendants’

Motion

to

Compel

Independent Medical Examination, Supplemental Motion to Compel
Independent Medical Examination, and the two motion for expedited
hearing on the motions to compel.

Record document numbers 8, 11,

9 and 12, respectively.
Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion to Continue Expert and Discovery
Deadlines was granted and an Amended Scheduling Order was issued.1
In accordance with the indication of counsel in the Unopposed
Motion to Continue Expert and Discovery Deadlines,2 counsel for the
plaintiff and counsel for the defendants advised the court via
email that the motions to compel the plaintiff to appear for a
medical examination, and the motions for an expedited hearing of
those motions, are moot.
Accordingly, the defendants’ Motion to Compel Independent
Medical Examination, Supplemental Motion to Compel Independent

1

Record document numbers 13 and 16, respectively.

2

Record document number 13, p. 2, n. 2.

Medical Examination, and the two motion for expedited hearing on
the motions to compel are dismissed as moot.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 14, 2015.

STEPHEN C. RIEDLINGER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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