Petruzzo v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, P.A., et al

Filing 92

ORDER granting 90 Motion to Stay Class Discovery and Set Briefing Schedule - Class discovery and all other deadlines under the current Case Management Order, Dkt. 82, are stayed pending the Court's resolution of the Motion to Amend. D efendants shall have until December 20, 2013, to file their responses to the Motion to Amend. Plaintiff shall have until January 17, 2014, to file his reply in support of the Motion to Amend. The stay granted hereby shall be deemed to maintain the current status quo of class discovery and preserve the parties' rights without prejudice until the Court's ruling on the Motion to Amend. Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 11/27/2013. (Baker, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
MARIO PETRUZZO,
Plaintiff,
v.
HEALTHEXTRAS, INC.;
HEALTHEXTRAS BENEFITS
ADMINISTRATORS, INC.;
CATALYST HEALTH SOLUTIONS,
INC.; HEALTHEXTRAS INSURANCE
AGENCY, INC.; ALLIANT
INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.;
ALLIANT SERVICES HOUSTON,
INC.; ALLIANT INSURANCE
SERVICES HOUSTON, INC.; and
NATIONAL UNION FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendants.

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Civil Action No. 5:12-CV-113-FL

ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Class Discovery and
Set Briefing Schedule pending the Court’s ruling on Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to File First
Amended Complaint and to Join Additional Parties, Plaintiff and Defendant, Dkt. 88 (the
“Motion to Amend”), and to extend the briefing deadlines so that Defendants’ briefs in
opposition to the Motion to Amend would be due on December 20, 2013, and Plaintiff’s reply
would be due on January 17, 2014. The Court has reviewed the motion and record in this matter
and finds there is good cause to allow the motion.
It is therefore ORDERED that:
1)

Class discovery and all other deadlines under the current Case Management

Order, Dkt. 82, are stayed pending the Court’s resolution of the Motion to Amend;

2)

Defendants shall have until December 20, 2013, to file their responses to the

Motion to Amend;
3)

Plaintiff shall have until January 17, 2014, to file his reply in support of the

Motion to Amend;
4)

The stay granted hereby shall be deemed to maintain the current status quo of

class discovery and preserve the parties’ rights without prejudice until the Court’s ruling on the
Motion to Amend.
November
This the 27th day of ______________, 2013.
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LOUISE W. FLANAGAN, U.S. District Judge

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