Ford Motor Company et al v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Company

Filing 102

ORDER GRANTING 85 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or other Response to Third-Party Complaint filed by United States of America; HOLDING IN ABEYANCE 84 MOTION to Compel Proper Discovery from Ford Motor Company filed by Mi chigan Consolidated Gas Company; Setting Deadline of 11/30/2011 for Plaintiff to File a Motion or Stipulation to Amend and setting a ( Telephone Conference for 12/7/2011 11:00 AM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 08-CV-13503-DT

MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY,
Defendant.
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ORDER SETTING DEADLINE TO AMEND, SETTING TELEPHONE CONFERENCE,
HOLDING IN ABEYANCE THE MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY
AND GRANTING MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
On October 24, 2011, the court conducted a telephone conference in this matter.
During the conference, the court discussed the Government’s motion to extend the time
to respond to the Third Party Complaint filed against it by Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company. The Government originally asked for the extension due to various proposed
orders presented to the court in Ford Motor Co. v. United States, Case No. 04-72018
(E.D. Mich.) (Hon. Bernard A. Friedman). Judge Friedman declined to enter the
proposed order as it relates to this action, and Plaintiffs indicated during the conference
that, because of Judge Friedman’s decision, they wanted to file an amended complaint
against the United States of America. The Government stated that it would likely
consent to the amendment, and the court gave Plaintiffs until November 30, 2011, to file
either a stipulation or a motion to amend. In light of this development, and in order to
conserve resources, the court will also grant the pending motion to extend. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall submit either a stipulation or a motion to
amend by November 30, 2011. The court shall conduct a telephone conference on
December 7, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Government’s motion for an extension of
time [Dkt. # 85] is GRANTED. The time to respond to the Third Party Complaint is
hereby EXTENDED without date until further order.
Finally, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s motion to compel [Dkt. # 84] is HELD
IN ABEYANCE.

S/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: November 4, 2011
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, November 4, 2011, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
S/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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