SCHMAUDERER v. TRUE NORTH SALMON US INC et al

Filing 18

PROCEDURAL ORDER By JUDGE D. BROCK HORNBY. (jib)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MAINE
JOAN SCHMAUDERER,
PLAINTIFF
V.

TRUE NORTH SALMON US, INC.,
ET AL.,
DEFENDANTS

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CIVIL NO. 1:16-CV-554-DBH

PROCEDURAL ORDER
There is a pending dispute in this maritime injury case as to whether I
should allow the plaintiff to dismiss her complaint with or without prejudice,
whether fees and costs should be assessed for the voluntary dismissal, or
whether extension of discovery deadlines and trial date is a better solution. At
the time the plaintiff filed her motion on February 22, 2017, she had learned
that she needed further surgery with respect to her injury and her doctor’s office
could not predict when she would reach an end-point (months to a year) following
the surgery. Pl.’s Reply at 2 (ECF No. 14). Now, the surgery has apparently
taken place as of March 13, 2017. Id. I do not know whether the doctor’s office
is now better able to predict when an end-point will likely be reached, a piece of
information that could affect my decision on whether dismissal or extension of
deadlines is more appropriate. At this point, I SUSPEND all deadlines and allow
the plaintiff’s counsel until April 14, 2017, to provide the court whatever further
information counsel can obtain on that question.
SO ORDERED.
DATED THIS 21ST DAY OF MARCH, 2017
/S/D. BROCK HORNBY
D. BROCK HORNBY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE