Opinion
05 CV 3486 (SLT) (RML).
October 17, 2007
MEMORANDUM and ORDER
Plaintiff Joel S. Ario, Acting Insurance Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the statutory liquidator of Legion Insurance Company and Villanova Insurance Company (collectively, "the Insurance Companies"), brings this diversity action to recover insurance premiums which were allegedly owed to the Insurance Companies by the defendants, U.S. Management, Inc., Sadelite Agency, Inc., and Budget Services, Inc.
In March 2007, at the conclusion of limited pre-motion discovery, defendants sought permission to move to dismiss this action for improper venue pursuant to Rule 12(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the ground that a contractual forum-selection clause requires litigation in Bermuda. By Memorandum and Order dated July 2, 2007, this Court denied defendants' pre-motion conference request. Subsequently, defendants filed a motion for reconsideration of this Court's July 2, 2007 Memorandum and Order, pursuant to Local Rule 6.3.
Local Rule 6.3 provides, in relevant part, that a "notice of motion for reconsideration or reargument of a court order determining a motion shall be served within ten (10) days after the entry of the court's determination of the original motion. . . ." This Court's Memorandum Order, from which defendants seek reconsideration, addresses defendants' letter request for a pre-motion conference seeking leave to dismiss the complaint. A letter request for a pre-motion conference does not constitute a motion. Per the terms of Local Rule 6.3, defendants' motion for reconsideration is improper. Similarly, Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) and 60(b) do not apply as neither a judgment nor a final order has been entered in this case. This Court reminds defendants that they may file a letter requesting a pre-motion conference seeking leave to file a summary judgment motion at the close of discovery.
CONCLUSION
For the reasons set forth above, defendants' motion for reconsideration is denied in its entirety.
SO ORDERED.