Opinion
MDL 1446; CIVIL ACTION NO. H-01-3624 AND CONSOLIDATED CASES
November 1, 2003
ORDER
Pending before the Court is the Agreed Motion of Enron and Bank Defendants for a Temporary Stay of August 2002 Discovery Order ("Agreed Motion"). The Agreed Motion would stay the Court's August 16, 2002 discovery order until November 25, 2003. In addition, the Agreed Motion asks the Court to defer ruling on Enron's underlying Motion for Relief and the Bank Defendants' Response until December 12, 2003, and it further requests that the parties be allowed to provide further submissions on the discovery issue if the parties are not able to resolve their dispute. The Court having considered the Agreed Motion ORDERS that the Agreed Motion is GRANTED. The Court further ORDERS that the August 16, 2002 discovery order is stayed until November 25, 2003. The Court further ORDERS that Enron and the Bank Defendants will notify the Court whether they have resolved the underlying discovery dispute on or by November 25, 2003. Furthermore, in the event the parties are not able to resolve the underlying discovery dispute, the parties may provide further submissions in support of their respective positions by December 5, 2003, with each party's reply due by December 12, 2003.