Opinion
2:20-cv-02167-GMN-NJK
04-24-2023
AZIZA KINNEY, Plaintiff, v. GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY; and DOES 1 THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE, Defendants.
ASBEROM & BROWN, LLC Mona Asberom, James Leonard Brown, Attorneys for Plaintiff McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP Jonathan W. Carlson Cheryl A Grames Stacy Norris Attorneys for GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY
ASBEROM & BROWN, LLC Mona Asberom, James Leonard Brown, Attorneys for Plaintiff
McCORMICK, BARSTOW, SHEPPARD, WAYTE & CARRUTH LLP Jonathan W. Carlson Cheryl A Grames Stacy Norris Attorneys for GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY
REQUEST TO EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE JOINT PRETRIAL ORDER
COME NOW PLAINTIFF AZIZA KINNEY (“Plaintiff'), by and through her counsel of record, Mona Asberom, Esq. and James Leonard Brown, Esq. of Asberom & Brown, LLC, and DEFENDANT GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY, by and through its counsel of record, Jonathan W. Carlson, Esq., Cheryl A. Grames, Esq., and Stacy Norris, Esq. of McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP, and request an extension of the current deadline for filing the Joint Pretrial Order to Monday May 17, 2023. The current deadline (Monday May 3, 2023) was set forth in the Order as to the parties' competing Motions for Partial Summary Judgment (ECF No. 40), which Order was filed on March 31, 2023.
Counsel for the parties have been in steady communication regarding the drafting of the Joint Pretrial Order, and have a working draft to which both have contributed. Counsel conferred on Tuesday April 18, 2023 and made progress as to achieving agreement on a number of items that must be discussed and included in the Joint Pretrial Order. Due to summary judgment having been granted in part and denied in part, the parties are carefully constructing ways to streamline the presentation of evidence and what, if anything, can be argued in advance of trial as to questions of law. Counsel have agreed to a second conference, but the scheduling of same has proven challenging. Counsel have tentatively agreed to confer again on Tuesday April 25, 2023. In an abundance of caution, however, counsel believe a short extension is necessary to ensure sufficient time to revise the final version of the Joint Pretrial Order and have time for a final conference should one be necessary. To that end, the parties request an extension of two weeks to and including Monday May 17, 2023.
The parties maintain that good cause exists for this brief extension as counsel have been actively working together to file a Joint Pretrial Order that the Court will accept forthwith.
IT IS SO ORDERED.