Elektra Entertainment Group Inc et al v. McDonough

Filing 19

ORDER signed by Judge J P Stadtmueller on 11/5/09 that: defendant shall file a motion and corresponding brief to support her claim that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over her within 21 days of the date of this order; plaintiffs shall file a response brief within 21 days of service of the defendants motion; movant will have 14 days from the service of the response brief in which to file a reply brief. See Order. (cc: all counsel)(nm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
____________________________________________ E L E K T R A ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., U M G RECORDINGS INC., INTERSCOPE RECORDS, A T L A N T IC RECORDING CORPORATION, a n d BMG MUSIC, Case No. 09-CV-492 P la in t iffs , v. K E L S E Y LYNG MCDONOUGH, D e fe n d a n t. ____________________________________________

ORDER
O n October 27, 2009, in her amended answer to a complaint brought against h e r, the defendant, Kelsey Lyng McDonough ("McDonough"), contested whether this c o u rt has in personam jurisdiction over her. (Docket #18). However, McDonough h a s not made a corresponding motion to the court to dismiss the case for the re a s o n s set forth in her answer. As such, in order to facilitate the disposition of this c a s e , the court will require that McDonough file a motion within 21 days of this order to resolve the jurisdictional issues posed by her answer. The plaintiffs will then be re q u ire d to respond to the defendant's motion pursuant to Civil L.R. 7.1(b), which n e c e s s itat e s that the opposing party serve a "response brief, and, when necessary, a ffid a vits or other documents within 21 days of service of the motion." Likewise, the d e fe n d a n t will then need to serve a reply brief within 14 days from the service of the re s p o n s e brief. Civil L.R. 7.1(b).

A c c o r d in g ly , IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to Civil L.R. 7.1(a), the defendant shall file a m o tio n and a corresponding brief to support her claim that the court lacks personal ju ris d ic tio n over her within 21 days of the date of this order. The plaintiffs shall, in tu r n and pursuant to Civil L.R. 7.1(b), file a response brief within 21 days of service o f the defendant's motion. The movant will have 14 days from the service of the re s p o n s e brief in which to file a reply brief. D a te d at Milwaukee, W is c o n s in , this 5th day of November, 2009. BY THE COURT:

J .P . Stadtmueller U .S . District Judge

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