Performance Sales & Marketing, LLC, Iredell County et al

Filing 201

ORDER granting 198 Dft's Motion To Hold The Trial Date In Abeyance and Motion To Stay The Deadlines For Pretrial Filings. Signed by District Judge Richard Voorhees on 1/30/12. (smj)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CASE NO. 5:07-CV-00140-RLV-DLH
PERFORMANCE SALES &
MARKETING LLC, PSM GROUP,
INC., and GREG SEREY,
Plaintiffs,
v.
LOWE’S COMPANIES, INC.,
Defendant.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant Lowe’s Motion to Hold the Trial Date
in Abeyance and to Stay the Deadlines for Pretrial Filings. (Doc. 198.) On November 28, 2011,
and after conferring with this Court, Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell issued an order staying
discovery in this case as well as Plaintiffs’ deadline for responding to Defendant’s summary
judgment motion pending the resolution of Defendant’s objections to the Magistrate Judge’s
earlier order compelling the depositions of three high-ranking executives employed by
Defendant. (Doc. 186.) As Defendant’s objections remain under consideration, and in light of
additional pending discovery motions, it is appropriate to hold the trial date in abeyance and stay
the deadlines for pretrial submissions until a reasonable time after said objections and motions
have been addressed.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Defendant’s “Motion to Hold the Trial Date in
Abeyance and to Stay the Deadlines for Pretrial Filings” (Doc. 198) be GRANTED.
Signed: January 30, 2012