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

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STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Collier Center 201 East Washington Street Suite 1600 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2382 Telephone: (602) 257-5200 Facsimile: (602) 257-5299 Karl M. Tilleman (013435) Janice K. Crawford (019042) Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Northland Insurance Company, a Minnesota corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Correctional Medical Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation, Dr. Antonio DiMaano, Dr. Reynaldo Figueroa, Nurse Lorraine Lopez-Moreno, Nurse Trina Carrasco, Nurse Jacqueline Cornwell, and ABC Insurance Company, Defendants. MOTION FOR BRIEF EXTENSION OF EXPERT DISCLOSURE DEADLINES IN LIGHT OF PENDING MOTION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS No. CV 04-347 PHX-FJM

Northland Insurance Company ("Northland") moves for a brief extension of its deadline for expert disclosure in light of the just-filed motion to stay all proceedings by defendants DiMaano and Figueroa, to allow Northland to assess the stay motion. Extension of the deadline would be a necessary consequence of the stay, and thus presumably, the defendants seeking the stay have no objection. Counsel for the remaining defendants (CMS and the nurses) does not oppose the stay either. The requested extension ­only two weeks, until the response to the motion to stay is due ­will not affect the

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remainder of the current Rule 16 scheduling order, and particularly the trial, in the event that the action proceeds. Northland received the pending motion to stay on Friday, July 29, 2005; the current deadline for its expert disclosure is today, August 1, 2005. Northland stands ready to make its disclosure immediately should the Court deny the extension, or should Northland oppose the stay sought by defendants DiMaano and Figueroa. Northland believes that there is good cause for the brief extension, and that it will serve the interests of orderly judicial administration, particularly to allow Northland the opportunity to determine whether it opposes the requested stay (which necessarily includes a request to stay disclosure of experts). A proposed form of order is submitted herewith. DATED this 1st day of August, 2005.

STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

By S/L Karl M. Tilleman Janice K. Crawford 201 E. Washington Street, Suite 1600 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Attorneys for Plaintiff Northland Insurance Company COPY of the foregoing hand delivered this 1st day of August, 2005 to: Keith R. Ricker Ricker & Bustamante, LLP 4530 East Shea Blvd., Suite 150 Phoenix, Arizona 85028 Attorneys for Defendants Antonio DiMaano and Reynaldo Figueroa 2
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Stephen Paul Forrest, Esquire Holloway Odegard Forrest Kelly & Kasparek 3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Defendants Correctional Medical Services, Inc., Lorraine Lopez-Moreno, Trina Carrasco, and Jacqueline Cornwell

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 1st day of August 2005, I caused the attached document to be electronically transmitted to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the Following CM/ECF Registrants: Keith R. Ricker Ricker & Bustamante, LLP 4530 East Shea Blvd., Suite 150 Phoenix, Arizona 85028 Attorneys for Defendants Antonio DiMaano and Reynaldo Figueroa Stephen Paul Forrest, Esquire Holloway Odegard Forrest Kelly & Kasparek 3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Defendants Correctional Medical Services, Inc., Lorraine Lopez-Moreno, Trina Carrasco, and Jacqueline Cornwell

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