Margaret McGuinn v. J.L Gray Company, Inc.

Filing 57

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Kevin R. Sweazea granting in part 56 Motion to Extend Deadline to File Motions to Compel. (atc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel.
MARGARET McGUINN,
Relator,
v.

No. 2:20-cv-00031 KG/KRS

THE J.L. GRAY COMPANY; LOGAN ESTATES
2017, LLLP; PARKSIDE MANOR LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP; AND JLG PROPERTIES LLC,
Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO EXTEND
DEADLINES FOR MOTIONS TO COMPEL
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Extend Deadlines
for Motions to Compel, filed December 9, 2021 (Doc. No. 56) (“Joint Motion”). The parties
request that the 21-day deadline to file a motion to compel after receiving an objection “not begin
to run until either side declares the compromise discussions to be over.” (Doc. 56) at 1. The Court
will not grant a motion for an open-ended deadline to file a motion to compel. Accordingly, the
Court will grant the Joint Motion in part and will allow the parties to extend the 21-day deadline
as requested, but will further require that all motions to compel be filed no later than June 17, 2022,
which is the discovery motions deadline set forth in the Scheduling Order, (Doc. 47).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
The parties will meet and confer regarding any discovery dispute for which a motion to
compel might be filed.

3640920.1
3642434.1

The 21-day period described in D.N.M.LR-Civ. 26.6 will not start until any party notifies
the other parties that compromise discussions have concluded.
This will be so for all motions to compel written discovery responses or document
productions for the duration of this case or until further order of the Court.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all motions to compel must be filed no later than June
17, 2022, the dispositive motions deadline set forth in the Scheduling Order, (Doc. 47).

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Counsel:
Approved December 7, 2021
Michael Allen*
Kali Schellenberg*
Reed N. Colfax, Bar No. 9302
RELMAN COLFAX, PLLC
1225 19th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
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*Admitted pro hac vice

RODEY, DICKASON, SLOAN, AKIN & ROBB, P.A.
By:/s/ Theresa W. Parrish – Filed
Electronically
Theresa W. Parrish
P. O. Box 1888
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

Robert K. Collins
New Mexico Fed. Bar No. 20-176
COLLINS LAW OFFICE, LLC
P.O. Box 4786
Olathe, KS 66063
PH: 913-538-7472
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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