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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

CENTRAL DIVISION 

MALCOM PHINNEY PLAINTIFF 

v. No. 4:23-cv-1095-DPM 

GREENWOD MOTOR LINES, INC., d/b/a 

R+L CARRIERS; MATTHEW DAKUS; 

and JOHN DOE, Motor Carriers 1-5 

ORDER 

DEFENDANTS 

Phinney' s timely motion to amend his complaint, Doc. 3 7, is 

granted for good cause. Amended complaint due by 10 January 2025. 

The point of the Court's Order about consultation is twofold: to 

give the other side time to review and respond to proposed changes in 

a pleading; and to give the Court both sides' views at the same time. 

The parties and counsel must follow the spirit of the applicable Rules 

and the Court's Scheduling Order, as well as the letter. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

1 and Advisory Committee Notes, 2015 Amendment. 

The joint motion for the protective order, Doc. 38, is also granted, 

though the motion was unnecessary. The Court requests counsel to 

increase cooperation and decrease squabbling. 

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So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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