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Nature of Suit Code: 362
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Medical Malpractice

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Carla M. Lacombe, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

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Mark E. Luce, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-06-2127-PCT-SMM

ORDER

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to Continue Preliminary Pretrial

Conference (Dkt. 24). The parties request that the Court continue the Preliminary Pretrial

Conference set for June 11, 2008 for an additional 60 days because (a) the parties are

discussing settlement or dismissal; (b) a witness must be deposed before they can agree to

dismissal; and (c) they are in the process of scheduling the deposition for early July. (Id.) 

The Court will deny the request.

Plaintiff filed the complaint in this action on September 1, 2006. (See Dkt. 1.) 

Therefore the Preliminary Pretrial Conference should have been scheduled by March 1,

2007. See LRCiv. 16.2(b)(3)(B). The procedural path of this case, which included a

motion to dismiss (Dkt. 8) and motion to consolidate (Dkt. 20), caused the Court to defer

scheduling the Preliminary Pretrial Conference. As a result, this matter has been open for

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over 20 months without the benefit of a coordinated discovery plan. Under these

circumstances, the Court finds that further delay is not warranted.

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED denying the parties’ Joint Motion to Continue

Preliminary Pretrial Conference (Dkt. 24). The Preliminary Pretrial Conference shall go

forward as scheduled on June 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. The Court notes that the

requirements set forth in the Order Setting Rule 16 Preliminary Pretrial Conference shall

also remain in effect. (See Dkt. 23, Order dated Apr. 14, 2008.)

DATED this 4th day of June, 2008.

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