Harden v. Allied Barton Security Service

Filing 62

ORDER granting 61 Joint MOTION to Stay Deadlines Pending Court's Ruling on Summary Judgment Motion. The trial and pretrial conference are hereby continued. Signed by District Judge Kevin H. Sharp on 7/9/12. (dt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
CECIL RAY HARDEN
Plaintiff,

v.
ALLIEDBARTON SECURITY
SERVICE
Defendant.

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Civil Action File No. 3:10-cv-779

JUDGE SHARP

JOINT MOTION TO STAY DEADLINES PENDING COURT’S RULING ON
SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION
COME NOW Plaintiff Cecil Ray Harden and Defendant AlliedBarton Security
Services, LLC (“AlliedBarton”) and file this Joint Motion to Stay Deadlines Pending the
Court’s Ruling on AlliedBarton’s Summary Judgment Motion. AlliedBarton filed a
Motion for Summary Judgment in this action on March 16, 2012. (Docs. 45-48). The
parties completed briefing the motion on May 10, 2012, and the motion is currently
pending before the Court. The matter is currently set for trial on August 14, 2012.
Pretrial motions in limine are due July 9; numerous other pretrial filings are due July 18.
A pretrial conference is scheduled for July 23.
Courts may amend the schedule established in a case management order for good
cause. Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b). Here, resolution of AlliedBarton’s summary judgment
motion could resolve all of the outstanding issues in this case and obviate the need for a
trial. Alternatively, granting partial summary judgment for AlliedBarton would simplify
the issues for trial. Obviously, to proceed with the pretrial matters in this case (which
include required disclosures, a proposed pretrial order, a proposed jury instructions form