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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Tort/Motor Vehicle (P.I.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Palma Baca Urrutia, et al. 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Darrell Lee Ekdahl., et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 03-1990-PHX-PGR

 

 ORDER

Currently pending before the Court is the parties' Stipulation to Continue Pretrial

Hearing Set for October 31, 2005 (Doc. 117). The parties were advised in this Court's

Scheduling Order (Doc. 34) that this Court does not entertain stipulations or agreements to

extend deadlines, and that any such request must be brought by formal motion before the

Court. If the parties believe that good cause exists for the extension of any deadline(s), they

are required to brief the issue to the Court, including explanations as to why they are unable

to comply with the deadline(s) imposed by this Court, and whether the proposed change(s)

will affect any other deadlines in the Court's Scheduling Order. In addition, the Court notes

in the Scheduling Order that no such motion will be granted unless "very good cause is

shown." Despite the clear language in the Scheduling Order governing this case, the parties

set forth no real explanation for the need to vacate the Pretrial Conference and extend the

deadline for the Joint Pretrial Statement other than the fact that defense counsel has

scheduled pre-paid trips out of state. However, since the proposed extensions appear to be

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reasonable and do not affect any other deadline in this matter, the Court is inclined to accept

the parties' stipulation in this very limited circumstance. The parties are cautioned to follow

the Court's guidelines in all future matters. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that the parties' Stipulation to Continue Pretrial Hearing Set for

October 31, 2005 (Doc. ) is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Pretrial Conference currently scheduled for

Monday, October 31, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. is VACATED. The Pretrial Conference is

rescheduled for Monday, November 21, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties' Joint Pretrial Statement will due on or

before Monday, October 7, 2005.

DATED this 24th day of October, 2005.

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