Full title: JULIE ANN GOGGANS, Plaintiff, v. LIBERTY AMERICAN SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY…
Court: United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division
Case No. 8:08-cv-01897-SCB-MAP.
Date published: Aug 17, 2009
Fact:
- The case management and scheduling order set deadlines for completion of discovery by August 10, 2009, and mediation by August 24, 2009.
- Neither party sought an extension of the discovery deadline before it expired.
- The defendant notified the court on January 26, 2009, that the parties had selected Robert F. Santos as the mediator.
- The parties had more than six months to schedule mediation with Mr. Santos to meet the court’s deadline.
- The court directed the parties on August 7, 2009, to inform the court of the mediation date.
- The parties informed the court that they scheduled mediation with Mr. Santos for September 24, 2009, one month after the court’s deadline for mediation.
Issue:
- Whether the court should grant an extension of the mediation deadline and deny an extension of the discovery and dispositive motions deadline.
- Whether the parties have shown good cause for failing to comply with the court’s scheduling order.
Decision:
- The court notes that neither party sought an extension of the discovery deadline before it expired.
- The parties did not provide sufficient explanation for their failure to comply with the court’s deadlines.
- The court agrees to extend the mediation deadline to September 25, 2009, to accommodate the scheduled mediation with Robert Santos on September 24, 2009.
- No other deadlines will be extended.
- The joint motion for extension of time to complete mediation is granted, while the joint motion for extension of time for discovery and for filing dispositive motions is denied.