Opinion
CV422-291
05-19-2023
CRESTWOOD MANAGEMENT, LLC, SUNSET INTIMATES GROUP, INC., and REGINALD S. HOWIE, Plaintiffs, CLAYTON FERGUSON, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
CHRISTOPHER L. RAY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
Currently before the Court is the parties? Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Answer Complaint, Withdraw Prior Answer, & Terminate Motion to Strike. Doc. 34. The motion is GRANTED, in part, and DISMISSED AS MOOT, in part. Doc. 34. The parties? request that the Defendants? Answer deadline be extended to May 19, 2023, is GRANTED. Doc. 34, in part. Defendants shall have up through and including May 19, 2023, to Answer or otherwise respond to the Complaint. The new Answer will ?render moot Plaintiff?s March 6, 2023 Motion to Strike Answer,? and therefore the parties agree that the motion may be terminated. Doc. 34 at 2. The Clerk is, therefore, DIRECTED to TERMINATE Plaintiffs? Motion to Strike Answer. Doc. 17. Defendants also seek to ?withdraw the ?Answer? filed on February 13, 2023.? Doc. 34 at 2. Defendants? new Answer will become their responsive pleading in this action, and their ?initial answer [will become] a nullity.? Reeves v. United States, 526 F.Supp.3d 1226, 1236 (S.D. Fla. 2021). Therefore, their request to ?withdraw? the prior Answer is DISMISSED, as moot. Doc. 34.
SO ORDERED