Willie McCormick and Associates, Incorporated v. Lakeshore Engineering Services, Incorporated et al

Filing 131

ORDER CANCELLING 9/3/2014 Telephone Conference and GRANTING 130 Defendants' Request/Motion for Extension of Time to Respond and DIRECTING Defendants to File a Consolidated Brief by 9/19/2014; Plaintiffs may file an optional reply by 9/26/2014. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

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

WILLIE MCCORMICK & ASSOCIATES, INC., a
Michigan corporation,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 12-15460

v.
LAKESHORE ENGINEERING SERVICES,
INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME
On August 15, 2014, Plaintiff filed a motion for relief from the court’s December
20, 2013, Opinion and Order dismissing with prejudice Plaintiff’s antitrust and RICO
claims against Defendants Anthony Soave, Lakeshore Engineering Services, Inc.,
Avinash Rachmale, Lakeshore Toltest, Toltest Corporation, Thomas Hardiman, A&H
Contractors, Inc., Inland Waters Pollution Control, Inc., Inland/XCel, LLC, Detroit
Contracting, Inc., Nafa Khalaf, and Detroit Management JV Team, LLC (collectively,
“Defendants”).
Defendants filed a motion asking for an extension of time to respond to Plaintiff’s
motion for relief from judgment. Given the complexity of the issues involved, the court
will grant Defendants’ motion. However, there is no need to over-complicate the
response—the court anticipates that Defendants will raise similar arguments that will be
best presented in a unified response. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants are DIRECTED to file a consolidated brief of no
more than 30 pages by September 19, 2014. Plaintiff may file an optional reply by
September 26, 2014.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, in light of Plaintiff’s motion for relief from the
court’s December order, the court’s planned telephonic status conference set for
September 3, 2014, is CANCELLED.

s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: August 22, 2014

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, August 22, 2014, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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