American Airlines Inc v. Travelport Limited et al

Filing 293

ORDER re: #280 American Airlines, Inc.'s Motion to Compel Travelport's Production of Documents in Response to American Airlines Inc's Third, Fourth, and Fifth Requests for Production of Documents, and Memorandum in Support Thereof. It is ORDERED that the parties shall confer and make a good-faith effort to resolve this discovery dispute between themselves by April 20, 2012. [see Order for specifics] (Ordered by Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L Cureton on 4/10/2012) (klm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION
AMERICAN

AIRLINES,INC.

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TRAVELPORT LIMITED, ET

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CI\4L ACTION NO. 4:11-CY-244-Y

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ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL TRAVELPORT'S
PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS (doc. # 280)
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff American Airlines Inc. ("American")'s Motion to
Compel Travelport's Production of Documents in Response to American's Third, Fourth, and Fifth
Requests for Production of Documents [doc. #280),filed April 2,2012. After carefully considering

this matter and noting the multiple motions that have been filed in this case relating to discovery
disputes, the Court finds that the parties should be given a final opportunity to resolve this discovery

dispute without Court intervention.

In this regard, the parties are directed to the per curiam opinion in Dondi Properties Corp.
v. Commerce Savings & Loan

Assoc.,l2l F.R.D. 284 (N.D. Tex. 1988)

(en banc). That opinion sets

forth standards of conduct for counsel and pro-se parties to follow throughout litigation. Particularly
relevant here are the standards for conduct during discovery. "[Parties] should make reasonable
efforts to conduct all discovery by agreement.u Id. at293. The Court cautions the parties that it does
not take discovery disputes lightly, and, if a final resolution by the Court is necessary, sanctions

will

be imposed upon any party conducting or opposing discovery unreasonably, in bad faith, or
otherwise not in compliance with the rules or Dondi.

Therefore,

it is ORDERED that the parties shall confer

resolve this discovery dispute between themselves by

and make a good-faith effort to

April 20,2012.

Further, it is ORDERED that, if the parties are able to completely resolve this discovery
dispute, the plaintiff shall

notiff the Court in writing

as soon as possible, but not later than

April 23,

2012, that the motion should be rendered moot.

Further,

it is ORDERED

that,

if the parties

are able to resolve part, but not all of their

discovery dispute, the plaintiff shall file an amended motion as to the remaining disputed matters

only no later than April 2712012.
Further, it is ORDERED that the defendant's response to any remaining discovery motions,
whether original or amended, shall be filed no later than May 4,2012.

SIGNED April 10, 2012.

ATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
JLC/knv