Nicholas C. et al v. Wos et al

Filing 32

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 31 Joint MOTION for Extension of Time of Scheduling Order Deadlines re Submission of Expert Witness Reports. The time for the Plaintiff to submit expert reports is continued until 1/26/2015 and the time for the Defendants to submit expert reports shall remain at 2/19/2015. All other requests made by the parties in the motion are DENIED. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 1/20/2014. (khm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:14 CV 72

NICHOLAS C., by his guardian and
next friend EMILY C.,

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Plaintiff
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ALDONA WOS, in her official capacity as )
Secretary of the Department of Health and )
Human Services; and JOYCE M. JENSEN, )
in her official capacity as Acting Director of )
J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center,
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Defendants
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the undersigned pursuant to a Fourth Joint
Motion for Extension of Time to Submit Reports of Expert Witnesses (#31). In the
motion, the Plaintiff and Defendants requests that the Court extend the deadline for
Plaintiff to submit expert reports until February 19, 2015 and extend the time for
Defendants to submit expert reports until March 19, 2015. In the Pretrial Order
and Case Management Plan (#20) entered in this matter, discovery is to be
completed by March 1, 2015. The motion of the parties would preclude the
completion of discovery and perhaps would require a delay in the other deadlines
set forth in the Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan.

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As a result, the

undersigned will allow in part, and deny in part, this motion.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Fourth Joint Motion for
Extension of Time to Submit Reports of Expert Witnesses (#31) is ALLOWED in
part and DENIED in part. The time for the Plaintiff to submit expert reports is
continued until January 26, 2015 and the time for the Defendants to submit expert
reports shall remain at February 19, 2015. All other requests made by the parties
in the motion are DENIED.

Counsel is advised that no further extensions shall

be granted in regard to the filing of the expert reports in this matter nor will there
be any extensions in regard to the discovery deadline or the motions deadline that
were established in the Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan (#20).

Signed: January 20, 2015

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