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Pickett v. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) et al, No. 5:20-cv-00232-H-BQ (N.D. Tex.) · Dkt. 50 · 2022-09-06 · PDF

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
LUBBOCK DIVISION

AMY PICKETT,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

§ CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:20-CV-232-H-BQ

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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH

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SCIENCES CENTER (TTUHSC), et al.,

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Defendants.

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ORDER

On August 10, 2022, the Court entered an order requiring the parties to submit, no later
than August 31, an updated joint proposed scheduling order in accordance with Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure 16(b) and 26(f). ECF No. 47. Now before the Court is pro se Plaintiff Amy

Pickett's Unopposed Motion for Proposed Scheduling Order Extension, in which she requests a
fourteen-day extension to file the required proposal. ECF No. 48. The certificate of conference

attached to the motion states that Defendants' counsel does not oppose the request, "as [the parties]
are trying to find common ground in submitting a joint proposed schedule." Id. at 2.
Despite the pending unopposed motion requesting an extension of time, Defendants filed

a unilateral submission on the same day Plaintiff filed the motion, "because no extension was
granted prior to the [August 31] deadline."¹ ECF No. 49. Defendant's filing is both unnecessary
and not in accordance with the Court's August 10 order, which requires the parties to submit a
joint proposal. It is, therefore

¹ The Court observes that Plaintiff filed the motion at 12:58 p.m. CDT on the due date for the proposed scheduling
order, and Defendant filed its submission at 5:30 p.m. CDT·a mere 4.5 hours later.

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ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion is GRANTED. ECF No. 48. The parties shall submit

their joint proposed scheduling order no later than September 14, 2022. No further extensions will
be granted.
The Court further DIRECTS the Clerk of Court to unfile Defendant's submission. ECF
No. 49.
SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 6, 2022.
D. GORDON BRYANT, JR.
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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