Rehberg et al v. Flowers Foods, Inc et al

Filing 56

ORDER granting 55 Motion to Stay. Signed by Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer on 1/22/2014. (blf)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:12-CV-00596-MOC-DSC
SCOTT REHBERG, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
FLOWERS FOODS, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the “Consent Motion to Extend Stay of
Discovery and Other Deadlines for Sixty (60) Additional Days” (document # 55) filed January
21, 2014. For the reasons set forth therein, the Motion will be granted. The Court hereby orders
that:
1. Discovery in this action, which by Order dated November 8, 2013 has been stayed
for sixty (60) from its initial deadline of January 15, 2014, is now stayed for an
additional sixty (60) days (or 120 days total) pending the parties’ mediation of
this case;
2. All other deadlines currently set in the Amended Pretrial Order and Case
Management Plan and Discovery Deadlines are likewise stayed for an additional
sixty (60) days (or 120 days total) pending the parties’ mediation of this case;

3. The parties are directed to file with the Court, on or before February 25, 2014, a
report providing an update on the status of their mediation efforts;
4. If the Parties are ultimately unable to resolve this matter through mediation, they
are directed, within ten (10) days of the failed mediation, to jointly submit to the
Court revised deadlines for the completion of discovery, class certification and
decertification briefing, merits expert reports and depositions, and Rule 26(e)
supplementation.
The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to counsel for the parties, including but
not limited to moving counsel; and to the Honorable Max O. Cogburn, Jr..
SO ORDERED.

Signed: January 22, 2014