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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Declaratory Judgement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

CENTRAL DIVIVSION

WITT CARIBBEAN, LLC PLAINTIFF/

 COUNTER-

 DEFENDANT

v. No. 4:21-cv-618-DPM

ATLYS GLOBAL, LLC DEFENDANT/

 COUNTERPLAINTIFF/THIRD-

 PARTY PLAINTIFF

v.

WITT GLOBAL PARTNERS, LLC; 

WITT GLOBAL PARTNERS FUND I, LP; 

WITT GLOBAL PARTNERS CAPITAL, LLC,

d/b/a WGP Capital; WITT GLOBAL PARTNERS 

ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC; WITT GLOBAL 

PARTNERS GP-1, LLC; WITT CORP; 

AG WITT, LLC; JOHN DOE CORPORATIONS,

Witt Affiliated Companies; JAMES LEE WITT; 

ROD SWEETMAN; and WILLIAM (BILL) RILEY THIRD-PARTY

DEFENDANTS

ORDER 

1. Motion for leave to file a reply, Doc. 97, granted.

2. Motion, Doc. 94, granted as modified. The Witt parties’ 

late-breaking objections to the 30(b)(6) notice are overruled. 

Any complaints about the number and scope of the topics in the notice 

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should have been raised promptly after the first notice was served. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6). And the point about putting the company on 

stand-by is unpersuasive. The Witt parties, not Atlys Global, choose

who will testify on behalf of Witt Caribbean, LLC and Witt Global 

Partners, LLC on each topic. Some or all of those individuals may have 

already been deposed. Taking their depositions again is inefficient. 

But the wasted time and money is the result of the Witt parties’ failure 

to timely object to the 30(b)(6) notice and to identify their corporate 

witnesses. 

3. The Court will not force the Witt parties to appear at 

depositions on November 1st. Rather, the Court extends the discovery 

deadline to 30 November 2023. All other deadlines in the Second 

Amended Final Scheduling Order remain in effect. 

4. Atlys Global’s embedded request for sanctions is noted. 

Any response is due by 3 November 2023. If no response is filed, the 

Court will order the Witt parties to pay Atlys Global $790.00. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5). 

So Ordered. 

__________________________ 

 D.P. Marshall Jr.

United States District Judge

 30 October 2023

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