Opinion
1:04-cv-2033-DFH-TAB.
March 8, 2006
ENTRY ON PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE DEPOSITIONS AND TO ENLARGE THE DISPOSITIVE MOTION DEADLINE
Plaintiff's amended motion for leave to take depositions after the close of discovery and to extend the deadline for filing dispositive motions [Docket No. 39] is long on details, but the facts are plain. This case has been pending since December 2004. Plaintiff has known of the need to take certain key depositions since before the original liability discovery deadline of August 14, 2005. [Docket No. 24.] Plaintiff has requested and received four enlargements of the liability discovery deadline. [Docket Nos. 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33 and 34.] Plaintiff missed the deadline for taking these depositions and now belatedly seeks leave to take up to four depositions after the close of discovery. Defendant will not agree to these depositions. Further extending the discovery and dispositive motion deadlines would jeopardize the July 17, 2006 trial date. For all these reasons, Plaintiff's amended motion for leave to take depositions and to enlarge the dispositive motion deadline [Docket No. 39.] is denied. In addition, plaintiff's original motion for leave to take depositions after the discovery deadline [Docket No. 38.] is denied as moot.