CIT Small Business Lending Corporation v. Tiki Dreams, LLC et al

Filing 17

ORDER granting 16 MOTION to Continue Initial Case Management Conference. Initial Case Management Conference is reset for 8/8/2012 at 09:30 AM before Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant. Signed by Magistrate Judge John S. Bryant on 7/9/12. (dt)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
CIT SMALL BUSINESS LENDING
CORP.,

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Plaintiff,
v.
TIKI DREAMS, LLC,
Defendant.

NO.

3:12-0309

Judge Haynes/Bryant

O R D E R
Plaintiff has filed its second motion to continue the
initial case management conference (Docket Entry No. 16).

As

grounds, plaintiff states that the parties are actively engaged in
settlement negotiations that may result in the resolution of this
matter and they seek another six week continuance of the initial
case management conference in order to allow time for negotiations
to occur.
This motion is substantially identical to an earlier
motion granted by the Court, which resulted in the postponement of
the initial case management conference from May 25, 2012, to July
10, 2012 (Docket Entry No. 14).

While the Court generally favors

compromise settlements and conservation of judicial resources,
these two motions filed by plaintiff have failed to disclose why
settlement negotiations among these parties should require three
additional months.

The Court therefore will GRANT plaintiff’s

motion but not for the full amount of time requested. Plaintiff is
further instructed that no further extensions of the initial case
management conference shall be granted.
Plaintiff’s

motion

to

continue

the

initial

case

management conference (Docket Entry No. 16) is GRANTED, and the
initial case management conference in this case is RESCHEDULED to
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.
It is so ORDERED.
s/ John S. Bryant
JOHN S. BRYANT
United States Magistrate Judge

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