Peters v. Aetna Inc. et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL CASE NO. 1:15-cv-00109-MR
SANDRA M. PETERS, on behalf of )
herself and all others similarly )
situated, )
)
Plaintiff, )
)
vs. ) O R D E R
)
AETNA INC., AETNA LIFE )
INSURANCE COMPANY, and )
OPTUMHEALTH CARE SOLUTIONS, )
INC., )
)
Defendant. )
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THIS MATTER is before the Court on the parties’ Joint Status Update
Concerning Notice and Motion to Extend Trial Schedule [Doc. 307].
By the present motion, the parties seek an extension of the trial date
and certain pretrial deadlines. [Doc. 307]. For the reasons stated in the
parties’ motion, and for cause shown, the Court will continue this matter to
the January 2025 mixed term and will reset the pretrial deadlines
accordingly.1
1 The parties request a continuation of the final pretrial conference to January 14, 2025;
however, that date falls in the middle of the mixed term. It is the Court’s intent to set final
pretrial conferences for all January 2025 term cases during the week of December 16,
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2
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the parties’ “Joint Motion to
Extend Trial Schedule [Doc. 307] is GRANTED, and the trial of this matter is
CONTINUED to the January 13, 2025 mixed trial term. The final pretrial
conference, which is currently scheduled for November 1, 2024, is also
CONTINUED and will be reset at a later date.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the following pretrial deadlines are
extended as follows:
Task Current Deadline New Deadline
Filing of Joint Appendix September 15, 2024 November 15, 2024
Plaintiff’s Opening Trial
Brief
October 1, 2024 November 29, 2024
Defendants’
Consolidated Trial Brief
October 15, 2024 December 13, 2024
Proposed Findings of
Fact and Conclusions of
Law
October 30, 2024 December 18, 2024
IT IS SO ORDERED.
2024. Accordingly, the final pretrial conference will be rescheduled at a later date for
some time during the week of December 16th. As for the deadline for the filing of
proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, that deadline will be extended only to
December 18, 2024.
Signed: August 6, 2024
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