ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al

Filing 172

ORDER denying 170 Sealed Motion to consolidate the hearings on pending motions. Signed by Judge David Folsom on 11/16/2009. (sm, )

ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al

Doc. 172

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TEXARKANA DIVISION ESN, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., and, CISCO-LINKSYS, LLC, Defendants. § § § § CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:08-CV-20 DF § § § § ORDER Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Consolidate the Hearings on the Pending Motions Currently Before the Court. Dkt. No. 170. Also before the Court is Defendants' response. Dkt. No. 171. The Court previously set four pending motions for hearing on November 20, 2009. See Dkt. No. 152. Plaintiff now moves to set two additional, recently-ripe motions for hearing on that same date: Plaintiff's Motion for Discovery Sanctions (Dkt. No. 146); and Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order (Dkt. No. 151). See Dkt. No. 170. Defendants respond that each of these additional motions `concern[s] very important issues" and

. "is deserving of the Court's full attention and full argument from the parties." Dkt. No. 171 at 2.
The Court's schedule will not accommodate argument of the two additional motions on November 20, 2009. Plaintiff's Motion to Consolidate the Hearings on the Pending Motions Currently Before the Court (Dkt. No. 170) is therefore hereby DENIED.

SIGNED this 16th day of November, 2009.

____________________________________ DAVID FOLSOM UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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