MCFADYEN et al v. DUKE UNIVERSITY et al

Filing 37

JOINT MOTION to Reestablish Deadlines in the Rule 12 Briefing Schedule by WILLIAM F. GARBER, II, JAMES SCHWAB, JOSEPH FLEMING, JEFFREY O. BEST, GARY N. SMITH, GREG STOTSENBERG, ROBERT K. STEEL, RICHARD H. BRODHEAD, PHD, PETER LANGE, PHD, TALLMAN TRASK, III, PHD, RYAN MCFADYEN, JOHN BURNESS, LARRY MONETA, ED.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., PRIVATE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC, PLLC, JULIE MANLY, M.D., THERESA ARICO, R.N., TARA LEVICY, R.N., THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, PATRICK BAKER, MATTHEW WILSON, STEVEN CHALMERS, RONALD HODGE, LEE RUSS, STEPHEN MIHAICH, BEVERLY COUNCIL, EDWARD SARVIS, JEFF LAMB, MICHAEL RIPBERGER, LAIRD EVANS, JAMES T. SOUKUP, BRECK ARCHER, KAMMIE MICHAEL, DAVID W. ADDISON, MARK D. GOTTLIEB, BENJAMIN W. HIMAN, RICHARD D. CLAYTON, DNA SECURITY, INC., RICHARD CLARK, BRIAN MEEHAN, PHD, DUKE UNIVERSITY, VICTOR J. DZAU, M.D., ALLISON HALTON, KEMEL DAWKINS, SUZANNE WASIOLEK, STEPHEN BRYAN, MATTHEW DRUMMOND, DUKE UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AARON GRAVES, ROBERT DEAN, LEILA HUMPHRIES, PHYLLIS COOPER. Responses due by 5/19/2008. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(COWAN, JAMES)

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MCFADYEN et al v. DUKE UNIVERSITY et al Doc. 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA RYAN MCFADYEN; MATTHEW WILSON; and BRECK ARCHER, Plaintiffs, v. DUKE UNIVERSITY; DUKE UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT; AARON GRAVES; ROBERT DEAN; LEILA HUMPHRIES; PHYLLIS COOPER; WILLIAM F. GARBER, II; JAMES SCHWAB; JOSEPH FLEMING; JEFFREY O. BEST; GARY N. SMITH; GREG STOTSENBERG; ROBERT K. STEEL; RICHARD H. BRODHEAD, Ph.D.; PETER LANGE, Ph.D.; TALLMAN TRASK, III, Ph.D.; JOHN BURNESS; LARRY MONETA, Ed.D.; VICTOR J. DZAU, M.D.; ALLISON HALTON; KEMEL DAWKINS; SUZANNE WASIOLEK; STEPHEN BRYAN; MATTHEW DRUMMOND; DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.; PRIVATE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC, PLLC; JULIE MANLY, M.D.; THERESA ARICO, R.N.; TARA LEVICY, R.N.; THE CITY OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA; MICHAEL B. NIFONG; PATRICK BAKER; STEVEN CHALMERS; RONALD HODGE; LEE RUSS; STEPHEN MIHAICH; BEVERLY COUNCIL; EDWARD SARVIS; JEFF LAMB; MICHAEL RIPBERGER; LAIRD EVANS; JAMES T. SOUKUP; KAMMIE MICHAEL; DAVID W. ADDISON; MARK D. GOTTLIEB; BENJAMIN W. HIMAN; LINWOOD WILSON; RICHARD D. CLAYTON; DNA SECURITY, INC.; RICHARD CLARK; and BRIAN MEEHAN, Ph.D., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 1:07-CV-00953 Dockets.Justia.com ________________________________________________________ MOTION TO REESTABLISH DEADLINES IN THE RULE 12 BRIEFING SCHEDULE ________________________________________________________ Counsel for all represented parties, pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 6(b) and L.R. 6.1(a), respectfully move the Court to reestablish the deadlines originally set out in the Court's Order setting a briefing schedule for Defendants' anticipated Motions to Dismiss, entered on March 25, 2008 ("March 25th Order"). In support of this Motion, the parties show the Court the following: 1. Plaintiffs filed the Complaint on December 17, 2007. The original Complaint contained 35 causes of action stated in 391 pages, excluding the table of contents and numerous attachments that consisted of documents as well as electronic media. 2. Due to the length of the original Complaint and the number of causes of action, the parties agreed to the following Rule 12 briefing schedule, which was approved by this Court on March 25, 2008: a. b. c. Motions or Answers Due: April 25, 2008; Responses Due: 90 days after the filing of Motions; and Replies Due: 30 days after the filing of Responses. 2 3. Plaintiffs filed a First Amended Complaint on April 17, 2008, and a Second Amended Complaint on April 18, 2008 (the "Amended Complaint"). 1 Prior to the filing of the Amended Complaint, the motions or answers were due on April 25, 2008. By operation of Rule 15, the motions or answers are now due on May 5, 2008. The Amended Complaint contains 40 causes of action stated in 425 pages, excluding the table of contents and numerous attachments, consisting of documents as well as electronic media. The Amended Complaint contains several new factual allegations ­ as well as several legal theories not presented in the original Complaint, including significant variations on the previously-pleaded federal civil rights statutory claims and state common law negligence claims and the addition of several entirely new causes of action. 4. Because of the additional allegations and causes of action in the Amended Complaint, Defendants need additional time to prepare their motions or answers. 5. Based on the necessary time to review the new allegations and causes of action, the parties' counsel have conferred and agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to reestablish the deadlines originally established in the Rule 12 briefing schedule entered on March 25, 2008. Pending Court approval, the parties request to reestablish the following new dates as the briefing schedule deadlines: 1 Upon the request of the Court, Plaintiffs re-filed the Amended Complaint on April 18, 2008 in order to change the placement of the media attachments to the pleading in the ECF system. The ECF system designated the re-filing as the Second Amended Complaint, but the pleading remains styled as the First Amended Complaint. To the extent that any consent is required and pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 15(a), Defendants consent to the filing of the Second Amended Complaint, filed on April 18, 2008, styled as the "First Amended Complaint." 3 a. b. Motions or Answers Due: July 2, 2008; Responses Due: no later than 90 days after the date all Defendants' Motions or Answers are filed; and c. Responses are filed. 6. Because of the significant new allegations and legal theories directed at the Replies Due: no later than 30 days after the date Plaintiffs' Duke University Police Department and individual Duke Police officers, the Duke University Police Department and the individual Duke Police officers named as defendants in the Complaint seek, for purposes of the Rule 12 motion briefing, to be recognized as a separate Defendant group, known as the "Duke Police Defendants," and, as with the other Defendant-groups proposed previously by the parties and delineated in the March 25th Order, the Duke Police Defendants request the Court's approval to file a separate motion to dismiss and memorandum in support, up to and including 50 pages in length, and to file a separate reply memorandum up to and including 25 pages in length. The Plaintiffs do not object to the Duke Police Defendants' request for a separate motion and brief. WHEREFORE, undersigned counsel respectfully request that the Court approve the proposed extension of the Rule 12 briefing schedule. Respectfully submitted, this the 25th day of April, 2008. [Signatures on Following Page] 4 EKSTRAND & EKSTRAND, LLP /s/ Robert C. Ekstrand Robert C. Ekstrand N.C. State Bar No. 26673 811 Ninth Street, Suite 260 Durham, North Carolina 27705 Phone: (919) 416-4590 rce@ninthstreetlaw.com Counsel for Plaintiffs Ryan McFadyen, Matthew Wilson and Breck Archer TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP /s/ Patricia P. Kerner Patricia P. Kerner N.C. State Bar No. 13005 Hannah G. Styron N.C. State Bar No. 28824 D. Martin Warf N.C. State Bar No. 32982 434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900 Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Phone: (919) 835-4117 Fax: (919) 829-8714 tricia.kerner@troutmansanders.com hannah.styron@troutmansanders.com martin.warf@troutmansanders.com Counsel for Defendants Steven Chalmers, Patrick Baker, Beverly Council, Ronald Hodge, Jeff Lamb, Stephen Mihaich, Michael Ripberger, Laird Evans and Lee Russ 5 FAISON & GILLESPIE /s/ Reginald B. Gillespie Reginald B. Gillespie, Jr. N.C. State Bar No. 10895 5517 Durham Chapel Hill Boulevard Suite 2000 Durham, North Carolina 27727-1729 Phone: (919) 489-9001 Fax: (919) 489-5774 rgillespie@faison-gillespie.com Counsel for Defendant City of Durham, North Carolina, and Edward Sarvis STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP /s/ Roger E. Warin Roger E. Warin* 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 429-3000 Fax: (202) 429-3902 rwarin@steptoe.com *(Motion for Special Appearance to be filed) Counsel for Defendant City of Durham, North Carolina SMITH MOORE LLP /s/ J. Donald Cowan, Jr. J. Donald Cowan, Jr. N.C. State Bar No. 0968 Dixie T. Wells N.C. State Bar No. 26816 P.O. Box 21927 [27420] 300 N. Greene Street, Suite 1400 Greensboro, North Carolina 27401 Phone: (336) 378-5329 Fax: (336) 378-5400 don.cowan@smithmoorelaw.com dixie.wells@smithmoorelaw.com 6 WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP Jamie Gorelick* (District of Columbia Bar No. 101370) Paul R. Q. Wolfson* (District of Columbia Bar No. 414759) Jennifer M. O'Connor* (District of Columbia Bar No. 460352) 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 663-6500 Facsimile: (202) 663-6363 jamie.gorelick@wilmerhale.com paul.wolfson@wilmerhale.com jennifer.oconnor@wilmerhale.com William F. Lee* (Massachusetts State Bar No. 291960) 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 Telephone: (617) 526-6556 Facsimile: (617) 526-5000 william.lee@wilmerhale.com (*motion for special appearance filed) Counsel for Defendants Duke University, Duke University Police Department, Aaron Graves, Robert Dean, Leila Humphries, Phyllis Cooper, William F. Garber, II, James Schwab, Joseph Fleming, Jeffrey O. Best, Gary N. Smith, Greg Stotsenberg, Robert K. Steel, Richard H. Brodhead, Ph.D., Peter Lange, Ph.D., Tallman Trask, III, Ph.D., John Burness, Larry Moneta, Ed.D., Victor J. Dzau, M.D., Allison Halton, Kemel Dawkins, Suzanne Wasiolek, Stephen Bryan, and Matthew Drummond, Counsel for Duke University Health Systems, Inc., Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC, Julie Manly, M.D., Theresa Arico, R.N., and Tara Levicy, R.N. 7 YATES, McLAMB & WEYHER, LLP /s/ Dan J. McLamb Dan. J. McLamb N.C. State Bar. No. 6272 Shirley Pruitt N.C. State Bar. No. 19141 T. Carlton Younger, III N.C. State Bar No. 33022 P.O.Box 2889 Raleigh N.C. 27602 Telephone: (919) 835-0900 Facsimile: (919) 835-0910 dclamb@ymwlaw.com spruitt@ymwlaw.com cyounger@ymwlaw.com Counsel for Defendants Duke University Health Systems, Inc., Private Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC, Julie Manly, M.D., Thresea Arico, R.N., and Tara Levicy, R.N. POYNER & SPRUILL LLP /s/ Edwin M. Speas, Jr. Edwin M. Speas, N.C. State Bar No. 4112 Eric P. Stevens N.C. State Bar No. 17609 P.O. Box 10096 Raleigh, North Carolina 27605-0096 Phone: (919) 783-6400 Fax: (919) 783-1075 espeas@poynerspruill.com Counsel for Defendant Mark Gottlieb 8 KENNON, CRAVER, BELO, CRAIG & MCKEE, PLLC /s/ Joel M. Craig Joel M. Craig N.C. State Bar No. 9179 P.O. Box 51579 4011 University Drive, Suite 300 Durham, North Carolina 27717-1579 Phone: (919) 490-0500 Fax: (919) 490-0873 jcraig@kennoncraver.com Counsel for Defendant Benjamin Himan MAXWELL FREEMAN & BOWMAN, P.A. /s/ James B. Maxwell James B. Maxwell N.C. State Bar No. 2933 P.O. Box 52396 Raleigh, North Carolina 27717-2396 Phone: (919) 493-6464 Fax: (919) 493-1218 j m a x w e l l @ m f b p a . co m Counsel for Defendants David Addison, Kammie Michael, James T. Soukup, and Richard Clayton 9 BROOKS, PIERCE, MCLENDON, HUMPHREY & LEONARD, LLP /s/ Robert J. King, III Robert J. King, III N.C. State Bar No. 15946 Kearns Davis N.C. State Bar No. 22014 P.O. Box 26000 Greensboro, North Carolina 27420 Phone: (336) 373-8850 Fax: (336) 378-1001 rking@brookspierce.com kdavis@brookspierce.com Counsel for Defendants DNA Security and Richard Clark OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. /s/ Robert Sar Robert Sar N.C. Bar No. 22306 Nicholas J. Sanservino, Jr. N.C. Bar No. 36557 P.O. Box 31608 [27622] 2301 Sugar Brush Road, Suite 600 Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 Phone: (919) 787-9700 Fax: (919) 783-9412 Bob.Sar@ogletreedeakins.com Nicholas.Sanservino@ o g l e t r e e d e a k i n s . c o m Counsel for Defendant DNA Security, Inc. 10 LEWIS & ROBERTS PLLC /s/ James A. Roberts, III James A. Roberts, III N.C. State Bar No. 10495 1305 Navaho Drive, Suite 400 Raleigh, North Carolina 27605-7482 Phone: (919) 981-0191 Fax: (919) 981-0199 jimroberts@lewis-roberts.com Paul R. Dickinson, Jr. N.C. State Bar No. 20510 5960 Fairview Road, Suite 102 Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 pauldickinson@lewis-roberts.com Counsel for Defendant Brian Meehan 11 Certificate of Service I hereby certify that on 25 April 2008 I electronically filed this MOTION TO REESTABLISH DEADLINES IN THE RULE 12 BRIEFING SCHEDULE with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will provide electronic notification to all counsel. I further certify that on 25 April 2008 I served the following defendant Linwood E. Wilson, who is not a registered user of the CM/ECF system, by United States mail, addressed as follows: Linwood E. Wilson 6910 Innesbrook Way Bahama, NC 27503 This 25th day of April 2008. /s/ J. Donald Cowan, Jr. J. Donald Cowan, Jr.

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