Celgard, LLC v. SK Innovation Co., Ltd.

Filing 153

ORDER denying 150 Motion for Joinder of Hearings. Signed by District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr on 5/29/2014. (eef)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
DOCKET NO. 3:13-cv-00254-MOC-DSC
CELGARD, LLC,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.,
Defendant.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the court on plaintiff’s Motion for Joinder of Hearings.
Specifically, this court set for hearing defendant’s Objection to Celgard LLC’s Disclosure of SKI
Confidential Information to In-House Counsel for Non-Party Polypore International Inc. (#134)
and Motion for Show Cause Order (#146) for hearing June 4, 2014, based on counsel’s
representation of urgency and irreparable harm and the nature of relief sought, which are
sanctions in the form of injunctive relief. After setting that matter for expedited hearing, plaintiff
has now asked the court to join the hearing of its second Motion to Compel Responses to
Celgard’s Discovery Requests (#138) with the hearing on disclosure.
Review of the motion plaintiff proposed to join reveals that it is a pure discovery motion,
unrelated to the motions this court will hear on June 4. Further, the Motion to Compel is referred
to Judge Cayer for disposition and there is no requirement that a hearing be conducted on that
motion. Finally, briefing is not complete on the Motion to Compel. The motions the court has
scheduled for hearing on June 4 involve a request for sanctions and to enjoin, which are uniquely
Article III issues. There is no need for this court to take up the Motion to Compel as it is being

well attended by Judge Cayer who will, no doubt, expeditiously decide that motion when it
becomes ripe.
Having considered plaintiff’s motion and reviewed the pleadings, the court enters the
following Order.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion for Joinder of Hearings
(#150) is DENIED.

Signed: May 29, 2014