Opinion
Civil Action 1:20-CV-08746-RWL
08-26-2021
LAKESHIA WEBB, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
PLAINTIFF'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR AN ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO FILE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
HON. ROBERT W. LEHRBURGER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon all the prior proceedings heretofore filed, Plaintiff moves this Court, on submission, for an Order granting an enlargement of time of thirty (30) days to file Plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings and memorandum of law in support in this matter, which is currently due on September 7, 2021. This is Plaintiff's first request for an extension and is necessary due to an unexpected increase in counsel's case load and briefs due in a short period of time from cases that were previously delayed from timely processing during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition, the parties continue to discuss the possible settlement of the case and are currently ordered to inform the Court of the outcome of those discussions by September 7, 2021. To avoid unnecessary briefing of the case by Plaintiff's counsel that would expend resources on this case and result in possible fee liability to Defendant when the case may be settled, the parties feel that an extension is appropriate.
Plaintiff has contacted counsel for Defendant who kindly consents to this motion.
Extension granted. Motion due October 7, 2021. Opposition and cross-motion due December 7, 2021. Reply due December 28, 2021.
SO ORDERED.
ORDER
AND, NOW, this __day of __, 2021, upon consideration of Plaintiff's Motion for an extension of time to file his motion for judgment on the pleadings, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion is GRANTED. Plaintiff's motion is due October 7, 2021. All subsequent deadlines are also extended by thirty (30) days.