IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

FARMERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ) 

COOPERATIVE, INC., ) 

) 

 Plaintiff, ) 

 ) 

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:06-cv-00790-WC 

 ) 

VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK ) 

SERVICES INC. and QWEST ) 

COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, ) 

) 

Defendants. ) 

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING ANSWERS 

Plaintiff Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. (“Farmers”) files this unopposed 

motion requesting that this Honorable Court grant the defendants a forty-five (45) day extension 

in which to file answers due in the above-styled cause. 

In accordance with a previous Motion for Extension of Time filed by Defendants on 

November 6, 2006 and granted by the Court on November 8, 2006, the defendants’ answers or 

other responsive pleadings were to be filed no later than December 15, 2006. Plaintiff now 

requests an additional extension of forty-five (45) days in which the defendants may file answers 

and further facilitate settlement discussions. All parties fully concur in said Motion and consent 

to this extension. Under this further extension, the defendants’ deadline for filing answers or 

other responsive pleadings would be extended to January 29, 2007. 

A proposed Order is attached hereto for the Court’s consideration. 

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Respectfully submitted, this 15th day of December, 2006, 

 s/s Jonathan M. Hooks 

 MARK D. WILKERSON (WIL072) 

 DANA H. BILLINGSLEY (BIL012) 

 JONATHAN M. HOOKS (HOO032) 

 PATRICK H. TATE (TAT006) 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Farmers 

Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. 

OF COUNSEL: 

WILKERSON & BRYAN, P.C. 

P.O. Box 830 

405 South Hull Street 

Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0830 

(205) 265-1500 

(334) 265-0319 – fax

mark@wilkersonbryan.com

dana@wilkersonbryan.com

jonathan@wilkersonbryan.com

OF COUNSEL: 

P.O. Box 680593 

Fort Payne, AL 35968 

256-845-1047 

256-845-1094 – fax

phtate@farmerstel.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that I have on this date served a copy of the foregoing on the following 

counsel of record: 

By Electronic Service: 

Bryan O. Balogh, Esq. 

Starnes & Atchison 

P.O. Box 598512 

Birmingham, AL 35259-8512 

205-868-6000 

205-868-6099 - fax 

bob@starneslaw.com

Leigh Anne Hodge, Esq. 

Balch & Bingham 

1710 Sixth Avenue North 

Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2015 

(205) 226-8724 

(205) 488-5698 - fax 

lhodge@balch.com

 s/s Jonathan M. Hooks 

 OF COUNSEL 

 

Case 2:06-cv-00790-WC Document 10 Filed 12/15/2006 Page 3 of 3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

FARMERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ) 

COOPERATIVE, INC., ) 

) 

 Plaintiff, ) 

 ) 

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:06-cv-00790-WC 

 ) 

VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK ) 

SERVICES INC. and QWEST ) 

COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, ) 

) 

Defendants. ) 

ORDER 

WHEREFORE, upon consideration of the motion submitted by Plaintiff Farmers 

Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc., and for good cause shown, the Unopposed Motion to 

Extend Time for Verizon Business Network Services Inc. and Qwest Communications 

Corporation to File an Answer or Other Responsive Pleadings is hereby GRANTED, and the 

new deadline for each to file and serve an answer or other responsive pleading is January 29, 

2007. 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

DATED:________________ ___________________________ 

 WALLACE CAPEL, JR. 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

 MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA 

 NORTHERN DIVISION 

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Copies to: Mark D. Wilkerson, Esq. 

 Dana H. Billingsley, Esq. 

 Jonathan M. Hooks, Esq. 

 Wilkerson & Bryan, P.C. 

 405 South Hull Street 

 P. O. Box 830 

 Montgomery, AL 36104 

 334-265-1500 

 334-265-0319 - fax 

 mark@wilkersonbryan.com

 dana@wilkersonbryan.com

 jonathan@wilkesonbryan.com

 Patrick H. Tate, Esq. 

 P.O. Box 680593 

 Fort Payne, AL 35968 

 256-845-1047 

 256-845-1094 - fax

 phtate@farmerstel.com

 Bryan O. Balogh, Esq. 

 Starnes & Atchison 

 P.O. Box 598512 

 Birmingham, AL 35259-8512 

 205-868-6000 

 205-868-6099 - fax

 bob@starneslaw.com

 Leigh Anne Hodge, Esq. 

Balch & Bingham 

1710 Sixth Avenue North 

Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2015 

(205) 226-8724 

(205) 488-5698 - fax

lhodge@balch.com

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