Opinion
Civ. A. H-16-2574
07-20-2017
PAREE LA'TIEJIRA, Plaintiff, v. FACEBOOK, INC., MARK ZUCKERBERG, KYLE ANDERS AND FICTITIOUS DEFENDANTS A,B,C, Defendants.
OPINION AND ORDER
Pending before the Court in the above referenced case, grounded in diversity jurisdiction, is inter alia Defendants Facebook, Inc.'s and Mark Zuckerberg's motion to dismiss Plaintiff Paree La'Tiejira's First Amended Complaint under § 27.003 of the Texas Citizens Participation Act ("TCPA")(instrument #32).
Section 27.004 of the TCPA states, "A hearing on a motion under Section 27.003 must be set not later than the 60th day after the date of service of the motion unless the docket conditions of the court require a later hearing, upon a showing of good cause, or by agreement of the parties, but in no event shall the hearing occur more than 90 days after service of the motion under Section 27.003. The motion to dismiss was served on May 5, 2017. Due to a family emergency, the Court has been unable to set the required hearing until now. Accordingly, the Court
ORDERS that the parties shall appear for a hearing on the motion to dismiss on August 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9C.
SIGNED at Houston, Texas, this 20 day of July, 2017.
/s/_________
MELINDA HARMON
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE