Opinion
Civil Action No. 3:12-CV-99
04-06-2012
DENISE SAMPLES, Plaintiff, v. MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, INC., MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, and ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC., Defendants.
DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STAY INITIAL CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND DISCOVERY
COME NOW Defendants, Midland Credit Management, Inc. ("MCM"), Midland Funding, LLC ("Midland Funding") and Encore Capital Group, Inc. ("Encore") (collectively hereinafter "Defendants"), by and through undersigned counsel of record, Balch & Bingham LLP, and file a Motion to Stay Initial Case Management Conference and Discovery in the above numbered and styled cause, and in support thereof would show unto this Honorable Court the following:
1. The Initial Case Management Conference is currently scheduled for May 4, 2012, with discovery scheduled to proceed thereafter.
2. On March 2, 2012, Defendants filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings or, in the alternative, Motion to Dismiss ("Dispositive Motion") regarding the express language of MCM's initial collection letter attached as an exhibit to Plaintiff's Complaint.
3. The Dispositive Motion has been fully briefed on the legal issues.