Opinion
2:20-cv-01831-JCC
12-02-2021
LIBERTY SURPLUS INSURANCE CORPORATION, a New Hampshire Corporation, Plaintiff, v. HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Texas Company, Defendant.
FORSBERG & UMLAUF, P.S., Kimberly Reppart, James E. Horne, Of Attorneys for Plaintiff Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. LEE SMART, P.S., INC., Pamela J. DeVet, Of Attorneys for Defendant Lee Smart, P.S., Inc.
FORSBERG & UMLAUF, P.S., Kimberly Reppart, James E. Horne, Of Attorneys for Plaintiff Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.
LEE SMART, P.S., INC., Pamela J. DeVet, Of Attorneys for Defendant Lee Smart, P.S., Inc.
STIPULATED MOTION FOR CHANGE TO ADR DEADLINE (PROPOSED)
JOHN C. COUGHENOUR, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I. STIPULATION
Pursuant to LCR 7(j) and LCR 16(b)(6), the parties stipulate to a brief extension of the December 6, 2021 deadline to complete alternate dispute resolution. See Dkt. # 13. For the reasons set forth herein, the parties jointly ask the Court to reset the deadline to December 20, 2021. The parties have provisionally scheduled mediation for that day with Hon. Bruce Heller, Ret., pending the Court's approval.
Good cause exists for a brief extension of this deadline. First, the parties are completing their briefing for cross-motions for summary judgment. Mediating after December 17, 2021, when all briefing is in, will mean the issues are clarified and fully set out for consideration, making negotiated resolution more likely. Second, attending mediation during the fairly tight briefing period would be difficult, and potentially prejudicial, to one or both sides.
II. ORDER
It is so ordered. The 39.1 Mediation shall be completed by December 20, 2021.