Aetna Life Insurance Company v. Behar et al

Filing 283

ORDER ADOPTING MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATIONS re: 274 Memorandum and Recommendations (Status Report due by 9/24/2019. Status and Scheduling Conference set for 10/3/2019 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 9B before Judge Sim Lake.) (Signed by Judge Sim Lake) Parties notified. (aboyd, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,

v.
ROBERT A. BEHAR, NORTH CYPRESS
MEDICAL CENTER OPERATING
COMPANY, LTD., and NORTH
CYPRESS MEDICAL CENTER
OPERATING COMPANY GP, LLC,
Defendants.

ENTERED
September 04, 2019
David J. Bradley, Clerk

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CIVIL ACTION NO. H-15-0491

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ORDER

Having

reviewed

the

Magistrate

Recommendation (Docket Entry No. 274)

Judge's

Memorandum

and

dated August 5, 2019, the

objections thereto, and the responses to the objections, the court
is of the opinion that said Memorandum and Recommendation should be
adopted

by

the

court.

It

is,

therefore,

ORDERED

that

the

Memorandum and Recommendation is hereby ADOPTED by the court.
By September 24, 2019, the parties will submit a joint status
report identifying:
A.

All discovery in this case, including
1.

as to each deposition conducted,
(a)

the identity of the deponent and the date
of the deposition;

(b)

the approximate length of the deposition;
and

(c)

the subject matter of the deposition.

2.

written
all
identifying

discovery

this

in

case,

(a)
(b)

whether and when responses were filed;
and

(c)
B.

each discovery document by date, title,
and propounding party;

the subject matter of the discovery.

If any party contends that additional discovery is
needed before trial, the party shall identify what
discovery is needed, why it is needed, and when -­
assuming the cooperation of the parties
the
discovery can reasonably be completed.
If a party contends that such discovery is not
necessary, the party shall explain why it contends
such discovery is not necessary.

C.

The
parties
shall
describe
all
settlement
negotiations,
including
the
parties
to
the
negotiation, the date of the negotiations, and
whether any progress was made in settling the case.
If the parties have mediated the case, they should
identify the mediator and the date(s) of the
mediation.

The court will conduct a status and scheduling conference on
October 3,

2019,

at 2:30 p.m.

in

Courtroom

9-B,

9th

Floor,

United States Courthouse, 515 Rusk Street, Houston, Texas 77002.
Other than as required in this Order,

the court does not

desire any other filings by any party before the conference.
SIGNED at Houston, Texas, on this 4th day of September, 2019.

SIM LAKE
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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