Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:03-cv-00383-WIG

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT ______________________________ WASLEY PRODUCTS, INC., ET AL. : : Plaintiffs, : MASTER CONSOLIDATED CASE : CIVIL NO. 3:03 CV383 (MRK/WIG) : V. : THIS PERTAINS TO: : CIVIL NO. 3:03 CV 1790 (MRK/WIG) BARRY BULAKITES,ET AL. : : Defendants. : DECEMBER 21, 2006 ______________________________ BULAKITES DEFENDANTS SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Pursuant to Rule 6(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 7(b) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants Barry L. Bulakites, James A. Winslow and Joshua Adams Corporation (collectively the Bulakites Defendants ) respectfully move for an extension of time First

to respond, by either answer or objection, to plaintiffs Amended Complaint.

The Bulakites Defendants request an extension of

time of thirty (30) days, including January 21, 2007, to respond, by either answer or motion to the First Amended Complaint. In support of this motion, the Bulakites defendants state that the plaintiffs filed their First Amended Complaint on October 16, 2006. On October 23rd and 24th, 2006, the parties participated in a

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settlement conference with U.S. Magistrate Judge Garfinkel.

Although

the parties were not able to resolve these matters during said conference, discussions are currently ongoing. Magistrate Garfinkel

stated that a follow-up conference will be held; however, to date this conference has not yet been scheduled. At the conference, Magistrate

Garfinkel acknowledged that the parties would not be required to respond to the Amended Complaint while settlement discussions are ongoing and counsel for the Plaintiffs agreed. In light of these circumstances, the Bulakites defendants request that the deadline for responding to the plaintiffs First Amended This

Complaint be extended up through and until January 21, 2007.

will allow the Bulakites defendants adequate time after the conference to prepare a response to the complaint, should this still be necessary. Counsel for the Bulakites defendants Plaintiffs sent an e-mail to

counsel on December 21, 2006 requesting Plaintiffs However, as of the time of this

consent to the requested extension.

filing, counsel had not yet received a response. WHEREFORE, the Bulakites defendants respectfully request that

their Motion for Extension of Time be granted.

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Respectfully submitted, THE BULAKITES DEFENDANTS Barry L. Bulakites, James A. Winslow, and Joshua Adams Corporation

BY: ____________________________ STEVEN J. ERRANTE, ESQ. (ct04292) ERIC P. SMITH, ESQ. (ct16141) MARISA A. BELLAIR, ESQ. (ct23802) Fed. Bar No. ct04292 Lynch, Traub, Keefe, & Errante 52 Trumbull Street New Haven, CT 06510 Telephone: 203-787-0275 Facsimile: 203-782-0278

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CERTIFICATION I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent electronically on December 21, 2006 to all counsel and pro se parties of record as follows: Joseph V. Meaney, Jr., Esq. Cranmore, Fitzgerald & Meaney 49 Wethersfield Avenue Hartford, CT 06114 Telephone: 860-522-9100 Facsimile: 860-522-3379 Ian O. Smith, Esq. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Esq. Moukawsher & Walsh Capitol Place 21 Oak Street, Ste. 209 Hartford, CT 06106 Telephone: 860-278-7000 Facsimile: 860-548-1740 Deborah S. Freeman Sara Simeonidies, Esq. Bingham & McCutchen One State Street Hartford, CT 06103 Telephone: 860-240-2972 Facsimile: 860-240-2818 Jean Elizabeth Tomasco, Esq. Theodore J. Tucci, Esq. Robinson & Cole 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 Telephone: 860-275-8323 Facsimile: 860-275-8299

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Thomas G. Rohback, Esq. James J. Reardon, Esq. LeBeouf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae 225 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103

____________________________ Marisa A. Bellair

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