Opinion
7045-19 12364-20 12379-20
04-29-2024
PICAYUNE PEARL AGGREGATES, LLC, PICAYUNE PEARL AGGREGATES INVESTORS, LLC, TAX MATTERS PARTNER, ET AL., Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent
ORDER
Courtney D. Jones Judge
On April 23, 2024, the parties filed a Motion for Status Hearing (Doc. 141).Therein, they request a status hearing to discuss this Court's availability for a special trial session for a partial trial in Atlanta, Georgia in Winter 2025 or Spring 2025. They also indicate their intent to ask the Court to strike the current pretrial scheduling order and enter an amended pretrial scheduling order based on the date on which these consolidated cases are set for trial.
All document references are to the docket record of the lead case (Docket No. 7045-19) in the consolidated group.
This is not the first time the parties have proposed a trial date or sought to amend the pretrial scheduling order. (Docs. 76, 81, 105). The Court has repeatedly informed the parties of its disinclination to set a trial date or special session unless all discovery disputes are resolved and the parties otherwise demonstrate readiness for trial. (Doc. 79, Tr. 1:1-7; Doc. 83; Doc. 106, Tr: 14:20-23; Doc. 108, Doc. 128). While the Court appreciates the resolution of the parties' recent dispute (Docs. 133, 141), the current pretrial scheduling order (Doc. 128) includes deadlines for further discovery disputes until August 2024. In view of the foregoing, it is
ORDERED that the parties' Motion for Status Hearing is denied.