Wittman v. Humana Health Plan, Inc.

Filing 18

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION 17 TO WITHDRAW ITS MOTION 9 TO DISMISS filed by Humana Health Plan, Inc. Signed by District Judge Gina M. Groh on 6/30/2014. (tlg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
MARTINSBURG

IMPULSE MONITORING, INC.,

Plaintiff,
v.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:14-CV-51
(JUDGE GROH)

HUMANA HEALTH PLAN, INC.,
Defendant.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW ITS
MOTION TO DISMISS
The above-styled matter came before the Court for consideration of Defendant
Humana Health Plan, Inc.’s “Motion to Withdraw its Motion to Dismiss” [Doc. 17] filed on
June 27, 2014. Defendant requests that it be permitted to withdraw its motion to dismiss
and granted leave to refile it at a later date, if necessary. In support of Defendant’s
request, Defendant states that “[d]ue to the present stay of this matter and in order to
facilitate negotiation of a global settlement of the disputes between the parties” it seeks to
withdraw its motion to dismiss. Plaintiff does not object to Defendant’s motion.
Upon review of Defendant’s motion, the Court finds good cause to grant it.
Defendant filed its motion to dismiss very early in this case–prior to entry of a First Order
and Notice Regarding Discovery and Scheduling and Scheduling Order. Therefore, the
Court finds that it is in the interests of judicial economy to permit Defendant to withdraw its
motion to dismiss because it would not interfere with any of the Court’s deadlines in this

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case. Additionally, in the event settlement of this matter is unsuccessful, the Court will
enter a Scheduling Order that orders the deadline for dispositive motions to be filed.
Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Withdraw its Motion to Dismiss
[Doc. 17], and Defendant will be permitted to refile its motion to dismiss, if necessary, upon
this Court lifting the stay and entering a Scheduling Order in this matter.
It is so ORDERED.
The Clerk is directed to transmit copies of this Order to all counsel of record herein.
DATED: June 30, 2014

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