UPDATE: ONE SOUTH FLORIDA JUDGE IS NO SCROOGE- scroll down for the Santa details
Or as we say in England, Happy Christmas.
Tis rare we give an admirable shout-out to a person who wears a black robe to work. But this Judge deserves one. And as you robed readers peruse this order, ask if you would have been as thoughtful as Judge Edison? In South Florida, we say, likely not.
H/T Mr. Markus SDFL Blog and X account of @RMFifthCircuit and attorney Raffi Melkonian.
UPDATE: We received this order in the comments section and reply that Judge Rudy Ruiz has the holiday spirit. Well done. We won't mention one of his colleagues who after the arraignment last week set trial for 1/15 and motions deadline by 1/5. Anyone can review 500 KB of discovery in a week right? Not that it has even been sent out yet.
Case 9:22-cv-81883-RAR
Document 143 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/20/2023
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 22-CV-81883-RAR
BRITTANY ROBERSON, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
HEALTH CAREER INSTITUTE LIC, et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court sua sponte. On December 19, 2023, Plaintiffs filed their Motion for Certification of a Rule 23 Class ("Motion"). Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(c), Defendants' response to the Motion is due on or before January 2, 2024 requiring counsel for Defendants to spend the upcoming holidays buried in briefing. While the Court could certainly permit the existing response deadline to stand, it has no interest in being known as the Jurist Who Stole Christmas. So, while the Court declines to engage in the primary method of spreading holiday cheer,' it will sua sponte extend the briefing schedule to allow counsel to spend time with their families at the end of the year.
Accordingly, Defendants' response to the Motion shall be due January 12, 2024 and Plaintiffs' reply shall be due January 19, 2024. The Court wishes counsel for both parties a very happy and healthy holiday season.
DONE AND ORDERED in Miami, Florida, this 20th day of December, 2023.
RODOLFO A. RUIZ II
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
' Which is, of course, "singing loud for all to hear." See ELF (New Line Cinema 2003).