Burke v. Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd. et al

Filing 35

Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin: ORDER ON JOINT MOTION TO HOLD ORDER IN ABEYANCE entered; The Joint Motion is ALLOWED as follows: (1) The clerk shall administratively terminate the pending motions to dismiss in each of the captioned cases; (2) by Nov ember 9, 2011 (fourteen days after the close of jurisdictional discovery in the California case), Defendant Techtronic Industries Co., Inc. shall either answer the pending Complaints, or, shall file a renewed motion to dismiss (or, in the alternative for summary judgment); (3) The Plaintiffs responses to any motion filed shall be due on November 23, 2011. Associated Cases: 1:09-cv-10797-NMG, 1:09-cv-10922-NMG(Simeone, Maria)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
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MICHAEL BURKE,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Civil Action No. 09-10797-NMG
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TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES
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CO., LTD., et al.,
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Defendants.
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JORDAN B. CHATTERTON,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Civil Action No. 09-10922-NMG
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TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES
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CO., LTD., et al.,
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Defendants.
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ORDER ON JOINT MOTION TO HOLD ORDER IN ABEYANCE
August 18, 2011
SOROKIN, M.J.
Pending before the Court are identical motions to dismiss filed by Techtronic Industries
Co., Ltd in each of the captioned actions. Civil Action No. 09-10797, Docket # 21;Civil Action
No. 09-10922, Docket # 22. By Joint Motion, the parties have asked the Court to continue the
September 6, 2011 hearing on these motions and to hold the motions in abeyance because the
parties are engaged in jurisdictional discovery regarding the jurisdictional issue presented by
these motions in a similar case pending in federal court in California which presents the

substantively-identical motion. Civil Action No. 09-10797, Docket # 34;Civil Action No.
09-10922, Docket # 35.
The Joint Motion is ALLOWED as follows: (1) The clerk shall administratively
terminate the pending motions to dismiss in each of the captioned cases; (2) by November 9,
2011 (fourteen days after the close of jurisdictional discovery in the California case), Defendant
Techtronic Industries Co., Inc. shall either answer the pending Complaints, or, shall file a
renewed motion to dismiss (or, in the alternative for summary judgment); (3) The Plaintiffs’
responses to any motion filed shall be due on November 23, 2011.

SO ORDERED.

/s / Leo T. Sorokin
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE