Opinion
1:21-cv-00124-MR-WCM
02-14-2022
LEGACY 73 SIGNS, LLC, on the authority of its member-managers, David M. Smith and Jamie M. Smith, Plaintiff, v. GERALD LIPSCOMB, individually and d/b/a Shytle Sign and Lighting Services, LLC; GARY DEAN SHYTLE, individually and as member, co-owner and operator of Shytle Sign and Lighting Services, LLC; and SHYTLE SIGN AND LIGHTING SERVICES, LLC Defendants.
ORDER
W. CARLETON METCALF, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This matter is before the Court sua sponte for case management purposes.
On July 2, 2021, Defendant Gerald Lipscomb (“Lipscomb”) filed counterclaims against Plaintiff Legacy 73 Signs, LLC (“Plaintiff”). Doc. 9.
Plaintiff filed a motion seeking dismissal of Lipscomb's counterclaims, which motion was granted in part and denied in part on November 5, 2021. Doc. 17.
Since that time, Plaintiff has not filed a responsive pleading relative to Lipscomb's remaining counterclaims, and it appears the time for doing so has expired. It further appears that the next appropriate step in this matter is the entry of a Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan. See Local Civil Rule 16.1(d) (“For the limited purpose of these Rules, ‘joinder of the issues' occurs when the final answer to a complaint, third-party complaint, or crossclaim or the final reply to a counterclaim has been filed, or the time for doing so has expired”); Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(a)(4)(A).
Accordingly, the Clerk is RESPECTFULLY DIRECTED to schedule an initial pretrial conference, by video, in this matter.
It is so ordered.