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Parties Involved:
Jim Dedman
Defendant
Dedman's Sanitation
Defendant
John Norvell
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

NORTHERN DIVISION

JOHN NORVELL, individually and on 

behalf of all others similarly situated PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 3:21-cv-00233 KGB

DEDMAN'S SANITATION 

and JIM DEDMAN DEFENDANTS

ORDER

Before the Court is the joint motion to stay discovery and extend case deadlines filed by 

plaintiff John Norvell, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and defendants 

Dedman’s Sanitation and Jim Dedman (Dkt. No. 16). 

On March 22, 2022, the Court entered a Final Scheduling Order setting the discovery 

deadline for August 30, 2022, the motions deadline for September 29, 2022, and a bench trial for 

sometime during the week of November 28, 2022 (Dkt. No. 7). On May 26, 2022, Mr. Norvell 

filed a motion for conditional certification, for approval and distribution of notice and for 

disclosure of contact information (“motion for certification”) (Dkt. No. 10). The parties state that, 

because the motion for certification is still pending, the parties have not yet engaged in much

discovery (Dkt. No. 16, ¶ 6). The parties further state that, assuming the motion for certification 

is granted, the parties may need additional time to conduct discovery on additional opt-in plaintiffs

(Id., ¶ 7). Accordingly, the parties mutually request that the Court stay all deadlines until such 

time as the Court rules on Mr. Norvell’s motion for certification (Id., ¶ 9). 

The Court is aware of Mr. Norvell’s motion for certification and has that motion under 

advisement (Dkt. No. 10). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16(b) provides that a scheduling order 

“may be modified only for good cause.” Fed. R. Civ. P 16(b)(4). For good cause shown, the Court 

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grants the parties’ joint motion to stay discovery and extend case deadlines (Dkt. No. 16). The 

Court removes this matter from the trial calendar for the week of November 28, 2022. The Court 

suspends all pending deadlines until such time as it has ruled on Mr. Norvell’s motion for 

certification. The Court will issue an amended scheduling order setting new deadlines and a new 

trial date by separate Order. 

It is so ordered this 29th day of August, 2022.

Kristine G. Baker

United States District Judge

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