Faulkner Literary Rights, LLC v Sony Pictures Classics, Inc

MOTION to Continue Case Management Conference

N.D. Miss.March 1, 2013

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI FAULKNER LITERARY RIGHTS, LLC PLAINTIFF VS. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:12-CIV-100-M-A SONY PICTURES CLASSICS INC. and JOHN DOE PERSONS OR ENTITIES 1-100 DEFENDANTS DEFENDANT SONY PICTURES CLASSICS INC.’S AGREED MOTION TO RESET CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Defendant Sony Pictures Classics Inc. (“Sony Classics”) moves to reset the telephonic case management conference set from March 20, 2013, to April 2, 2013. In support of this motion, Sony Classics states: 1. Magistrate Judge Virden set the above-referenced matter for a telephonic case management conference on March 20, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. 2. Anita Modak-Truran, local counsel for Sony Classics, will be out of the country on a vacation planned for over one year. 3. During the attorney conference held on February 21, 2013, at the office of the plaintiff’s counsel in Oxford, MS, Cal Mayo agreed to Sony Classic’s request to reset the telephonic case management conference to early April. 4. On March 1, 2013, the undersigned spoke with Judge Virden’s staff on the scheduling conflict. A review of the court’s docket shows that April 2, 2013, is open at this time. Case: 3:12-cv-00100-MPM-JMV Doc #: 26 Filed: 03/01/13 1 of 3 PageID #: 449 2 5. This motion is made without prejudice to any of the parties. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Sony Classics requests that this Court grant this agreed motion and reset the telephonic case management conference to April 2, 2013. BUTLER, SNOW, O’MARA, STEVENS & CANNADA, PLLC By: /s/ Anita Modak-Truran Anita Modak-Truran (MSB# 99442) One of the Attorneys for Defendant Sony Pictures Classic Inc. OF COUNSEL Christian D. Carbone, Esq. (Pro hace vice) Tom Nolan, Esq. (Pro hace vice) LOEB & LOEB LLP 345 Park Avenue New York, New York 10154-1895 (212) 407-4000 Anita Modak-Truran, Esq. Paul Rosenblatt, Esq. BUTLER, SNOW, O’MARA, STEVENS & CANNADA, PLLC 1020 Highland Colony Parkway Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 (601) 948-5711 Case: 3:12-cv-00100-MPM-JMV Doc #: 26 Filed: 03/01/13 2 of 3 PageID #: 450 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned, one of the attorneys for Defendant Sony Pictures Classics Inc. does hereby certify that she has this day served a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document by via the Court’s Electronic Case Filing System which sent notification to the following: J. Cal Mayo Pope S. Mallette Paul B. Watkins Mayo Mallette PLLC 5 University Office Park 2094 Old Taylor Road Post Office Box 1456 Oxford, MS 38655 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF SO CERTIFIED, this the 1st day of March 2013. /s/Anita Modak-Truran ANITA MODAK-TRURAN ButlerSnow 15594303v1 Case: 3:12-cv-00100-MPM-JMV Doc #: 26 Filed: 03/01/13 3 of 3 PageID #: 451