Kotsias v. CMC II, LLC et al

Filing 57

ORDER that 53 Defendants' Motion to Amend Scheduling Order is ALLOWED in part and DENIED in part. The Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan shall be amended to provide that the discovery completion deadline shall be extended to 12/1/2016; the dispositive motion deadline will be extended to 1/1/2017; trial shall be the first session on or after 5/8/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 10/11/2016. (khm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:15 CV 242

RITA KOTSIAS,

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Plaintiff
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CMC II, LLC, LAVIE CARE CENTERS, )
d/b/a Consulate Health Care, CONSULATE )
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, FLORIDA )
HEALTH CARE PROPERTIES, LLC, and )
ESIS,
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Defendants
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ORDER

THIS MATTER has come before the undersigned upon Defendants’ Motion
to Amend Scheduling Order (#53). The undersigned brought the motion on for
hearing in open Court on October 6, 2016. At that time, the pro se Plaintiff was
present and Defendants were present through their counsel, Shalanna L. Pirtle.
During the hearing, Ms. Pirtle presented the contentions of Defendants and at the
close of her presentation, the Plaintiff stated she did not object to some modification
of Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan (#22). The undersigned consulted with
the District Court and has determined to grant, in part, and deny, in part, the
Defendants’ motion. The undersigned will enter an Order extending the discovery

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completion deadline to December 1, 2016 and the dispositive motion deadline to
January 1, 2017. Trial will be held at the first session beginning on or after May 8,
2017.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Defendants’ Motion to Amend
Scheduling Order (#53) is ALLOWED in part and DENIED in part. The Pretrial
Order and Case Management Plan shall be amended to provide that the discovery
completion deadline shall be extended to December 1, 2016; the dispositive motion
deadline will be extended to January 1, 2017; trial shall be the first session on or
after May 8, 2017.

Signed: October 11, 2016

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