GIBBS v. UNIVERSITY CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE et al

Filing 31

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting 30 Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to Answer; Defendants answer due 8/6/2015. Signed by Judge Michael A. Shipp on 7/7/2015. (eaj)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

JAMAL GIBBS,
Civil Action No.: 14-7138 (MAS)

Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

v.

UNIVERSITY CORRECTIONAL
HEALTH CARE, et al.,
Defendants.

Presently before the Court is Defendant Carol Gallagher's ("Defendant") second Motion
for Extension of Time to File Answer ("Motion"). It appearing that:
1. The Clerk of the Court previously granted an extension to answer pursuant to L. Civ. R.
6.l(b), extending the time to answer to July 7, 2015. (See ECF No. 27.)
2. In the instant Motion, Defendant is requesting another extension, extending the due date
to September 2, 2015.
3. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allows the Court to extend the time to answer "for good
cause." Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(l). However, in her Motion, Defendant provides no explanation
why another two-month extension is needed to file an answer. This does not satisfy the "good
cause" requirement of Rule 6. Nonetheless, the Court will allow a 30-day extension; further
extensions will not be granted absent a showing of good cause.
IT IS therefore on this

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ORDERED that Defendant's Motion for Exte ion of Time to File Answer, (ECF No.

30), is hereby GRANTED; it is further

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ORDERED that Defendant shall have until August 6, 2015 to file an answer; and it is

further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order upon Petitioner

by regular U.S. mail.

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