Taylor v. DPB Development, Inc. et al

Filing 34

ORDER Allowing in part and Denying in part 33 Joint Motion to Extend Discovery Deadlines, and the discovery completion deadline in this matter shall be extended until 3/1/2017; mediation shall be completed by 3/15/2017; and the dispositive motions shall be filed by 4/1/2017. The ready date for trial shall remain 8/7/2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 1/27/2017. (khm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:16 CV 37

CHAD TAYLOR, on behalf of himself
and all other similarly situated,

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Plaintiff
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DPB DEVELOPMENT, INC., d/b/a
OIL WELL LUBE CENTER, a
corporation, and DANIEL P. BROWN,
An individual,
Defendants.

ORDER

THIS MATTER has come before the undersigned pursuant to a Joint Motion
to Extend Discovery Deadlines by Sixty Days (#33) filed by the parties in this matter.
The undersigned entered a Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan (#19) which
provided that discovery in this matter was to be completed by February 1, 2017, with
mediation to occur before February 15, 2017, and dispositive motions to be filed
before March 1, 2017. The parties now state that while the discovery period was
pending, they agreed to postpone depositions while they were discussing settlement.
It now appears, one week before discovery is to end, they have not taken depositions
nor completed discovery in this case. The parties now request that all deadlines,

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other than trial, be extended by sixty days. If granted, the motion would limit the
time for an already hard working and overworked District Judge to consider any
dispositive motions to less than three months. As a result, the undersigned considers
the requests made in the motion to be unreasonable, but will allow the motion in
part.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Extend
Discovery Deadlines by Sixty Days (#33) is ALLOWED in part and DENIED in
part. It is ORDERED that the discovery completion deadline in this matter be
extended until March 1, 2017; mediation shall be completed by March 15, 2017;
and the dispositive motions shall be filed by April 1, 2017. The ready date for trial
shall remain August 7, 2017.
Signed: January 27, 2017

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