Edge-Works Manufacturing Company v. HSG, LLC

Filing 20

ORDER memorializing the court's oral pronouncements during the court-hosted telephonic conference on December 14, 2017 and denying 7 Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order - Defendant is directed to file a re sponse to plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction by December 18, 2017. Plaintiff may file a reply by December 22, 2017. If needed, a hearing on plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction will be held on January 10, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in New Bern, North Carolina. Counsel should read attached order in its entirety for critical information. Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 12/18/2017. (Tripp, S.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
NO. 7:17-CV-223-FL

EDGE-WORKS MANUFACTURING
COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
HSG, LLC,
Defendant.

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ORDER

This matter is before the court following court-hosted telephonic conference on December
14, 2017, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, with plaintiff appearing through counsel
Benton Louis Toups, Gregory D. Latham, and Stephen M. Kepper and defendant appearing through
counsel Thomas Glenn Varnum and Darrell A. Fruth. This order memorializes the court’s oral
pronouncements.
1.

Plaintiff’s motion for temporary restraining order is DENIED. (DE 7). Defendant
is directed to file a response to plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction by
December 18, 2017. Plaintiff may file a reply by December 22, 2017. If needed, a
hearing on plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction will be held on January 10,
2018 at 9:30 a.m. in New Bern, North Carolina.

2.

Counsel Latham and Kepper are directed to file corrected notices of appearance by
5:00 p.m. on December 15, 2017. Counsel Kepper is also directed at the same time
to correct his business name and address listed in his notice of appearance.

3.

The court allows counsel for plaintiff and defendant to manually file as needed
products relevant to this case without the necessity of filing a motion as directed by
Local Rule 79.2(d). All other requirements for manual filing pursuant to the local
rules remains in effect.

SO ORDERED, this the 18th day of December, 2017.

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LOUISE W. FLANAGAN
United States District Judge

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