Gutierrez et al v. Occidental Petroleum Corporation et al

Filing 16

ORDER entered GRANTING 15 Agreed MOTION for Continuance. This case is stayed and administratively closed. Case terminated on 3/3/16, STAYED flag set. (Signed by Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
PABLO PAUL GUTIERREZ,
and MARIA LOURDES GUTIERREZ,
Plaintiffs,
V.
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY and
TRICAM INDUSTRIES, INC.,
Defendants.

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ENTERED
March 03, 2016
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-15-0778

ORDER
The parties have agreed to a continuance of the deadlines in the scheduling order entered in
April 2015. The additional time is to allow the plaintiffs to effect service under The Hague
Convention on Jiaonan Dafeng Metal Products Co., a Chinese company located in China. Jiaonan
Dafeng is identified as the likely manufacturer of the allegedly defective tire and rim assembly that
is the basis of this product liability suit.
The court grants the motion for a continuance. The scheduling order previously entered,
Docket Entry No. 8, is vacated. This case is stayed and administratively closed pending the
plaintiffs' efforts to effect service. This case may be reinstated to the active docket on motion filed
by any party within 14 days after service is effected. If the plaintiffs conclude that service cannot
be effected, or that there is another basis for reinstating the case to the active docket, the parties must
do so promptly and in any event no later than January 6, 2017.

The plaintiffs must also file a joint written status report with the court every 60 days,
beginning on March 31, 2016, describing their efforts to effect service and any other relevant
information.
SIGNED on March 3, 2016, at Houston, Texas.
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Lee H. Rosenthal
United States District Judge

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