Doughtie & Company, Inc. v. Rutherford County et al

Filing 37

ORDER denying 34 Joint Motion to modify the Initial Case Management Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge Joe Brown on 8/22/13. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.)(la)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE DIVISION
DOUGHTIE & COMPANY, INC.,
Plaintiff
v.
RUTHERFORD COUNTY, a county of
the State of Tennessee, et al.,
Defendant

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No. 3:13-0209
Judge Campbell/Brown
Jury Demand

O R D E R
Presently pending is the parties’ joint motion to modify
the initial case management order (Docket Entry 34).
In

its

present

form

the

motion

is

DENIED

without

prejudice to being refiled. Unfortunately, despite the parties’
statement that the proposed amendment will not affect the July 8,
2014, trial date, the proposed order would have that effect. Under
Local Rule 16.01(d)(2) there must be at least 90 days from the
close of dispositive motions to the trial date. With the March 15,
2014, dispositive date, with 28 and 14 days for response and reply,
90 days is not available.
If the parties want to shorten the response and reply
times down to 21 and 7 days, and move the dispositive motion
deadline up an appropriate amount of time so that there will remain
90 days from the close, the Magistrate Judge will be more than
willing to accommodate the parties.
It is so ORDERED.
/s/
Joe B. Brown
JOE B. BROWN
United States Magistrate Judge