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

Filing 88

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Kevin R. Sweazea granting 87 Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order. Discovery due January 9, 2023. Dispositive Motions due March 17, 2023. Pretrial Order due to the Court May 26, 2023. (atc)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ex rel.
MARGARET McGUINN,
Plaintiff-Relator,
v.
Case 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 JOINT MOTION TO MODIFY THE SCHEDULING ORDER
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Parties’ Joint Motion to Modify the
Scheduling Order, (Doc. 87), filed August 31, 2022. The parties ask for an approximately 90day extension of all deadlines in this case, stating the documents produced thus far number in the
tens of thousands and additional documents are still being produced. (Doc. 87) at 2. The parties
state they need additional time to analyze and review the documents, fill in documentary gaps,
issue subpoenas to third parties, and conduct depositions and expert discovery. Id. at 2-3.
In the Court’s last order extending the scheduling order deadlines, the Court stated that
no further extensions will be granted absent a showing of exceptional cause. (Doc. 70). The
parties have had an extraordinarily long discovery period and the Court is hesitant to grant
another extension. However, this case involves a large number of documents and has not been
set for trial. Moreover, the parties confirmed at the August 25, 2022 status conference that their
discovery delays would not preclude their ability to be prepared for the September 27, 2022

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settlement conference. (Doc. 83). Therefore, the Court GRANTS the Motion for Extension, and
sets the following deadlines:
(a)

Deadline for Plaintiff’s expert reports: January 9, 2023

(b)

Deadline for Defendants’ expert reports: February 8, 2023

(c)

Termination of discovery: January 9, 2023

(d)

Deadline for supplementing discovery/disclosures: January 9, 2023

(e)

Motions relating to discovery: January 23, 2023

(f)

All other motions: March 17, 2023

(g)

Pretrial order:

Plaintiff to Defendant by: May 12, 2023
Defendant to Court by: May 26, 2023

No further extensions will be granted absent a showing of exceptional cause.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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KEVIN R. SWEAZEA
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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