CX Reinsurance Company Limited v. Kirson

Filing 200

ORDER to Counsel re: Motions for Attorneys' Fees. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephanie A Gallagher on 8/24/2018. (bmhs, Deputy Clerk)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
CHAMBERS OF
STEPHANIE A. GALLAGHER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

101 WEST LOMBARD STREET
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21201
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August 24, 2018
LETTER TO COUNSEL
RE:

CX Reinsurance Company Limited, f/k/a CNA Reinsurance Company Limited v.
Devon S. Johnson; Civil Case No. RWT-15-3132

Dear Counsel:
Presently pending is Defendant Devon S. Johnson’s (“Johnson’s”) Motion for Attorneys’
Fees (ECF 188) and CX Reinsurance Company Limited’s (“CX Re’s”) Conditional Motion for
Attorneys’ Fees (ECF 189). Importantly, CX Re’s request for attorneys’ fees is contingent upon
the timeliness of Johnson’s Motion. See ECF 189 ¶ 3 (“CX RE believes that the Court should
reject [as untimely] both Johnson’s fee motion and this conditional fee motion.”). Pursuant to
CX Re’s request, (see ECF 199 at 1 n.1), to save the parties potentially unnecessary expenses,
briefing on CX Re’s Motion (ECF 189) is hereby suspended, pending the resolution of the
timeliness argument as to Johnson’s Motion (ECF 188). Accordingly, because Johnson filed his
Memorandum in Support of his Motion (ECF 198) on August 21, 2018, CX Re’s Opposition is
due on or before September 4, 2018. Thereafter, Johnson must file his Reply on or before
September 18, 2018.
Despite the informal nature of this letter, it will be flagged as an Opinion and docketed as
an Order.
Sincerely yours,
/s/
Stephanie A. Gallagher
United States Magistrate Judge
cc: Judge Roger W. Titus