Opinion
No. 12-cv-0474 JAP/SMV
01-22-2013
CLEMENTINA TORRES, Plaintiff, v. JAMES R. COON, CHAVES CNTY., N.M. PSYCHIATRIC SERVS. CORP., and JOHN DOES, Defendants.
ORDER VACATING AND RESCHEDULING SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
AND EXTENDING DEFENDANTS' EXPERT REPORT DEADLINE
THIS MATTER is before the Court on a telephonic status conference held on January 18, 2013, before Judge Vidmar. The Court offered to vacate the current settlement conference and its attendant deadlines, Amended Order Setting Settlement Conference [Doc. 28]. Counsel for all parties consented to the rescheduling. Moreover, defense counsel requested that the deadline for Defendants to provide their expert reports be extended to March 11, 2013. Counsel for defense did not oppose. Good cause having been shown during the telephonic status conference, the Court shall extend the deadline.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Amended Order Setting Settlement Conference [Doc. 28] is hereby VACATED. The settlement conference set for January 30, 2013, is also VACATED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Order Setting Settlement Conference [Doc. 26] is amended as follows:
- The settlement conference is rescheduled for Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in the Rio Grande Courtroom, third floor, Pete V. Domenici United States Courthouse, 333 Lomas Blvd. N.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- No later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 25, 2013, each party must provide the Court, in confidence, a concise position statement (typically no more than ten pages) containing an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of its case. Position statements must be submitted to the Court by e-mail at VidmarChambers@nmcourt.fed.us .
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants' deadline to provide expert reports pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 is EXTENDED to March 11, 2013.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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STEPHAN M. VIDMAR
United States Magistrate Judge