Consolidated Case Master Docket No. 02-2007(FSH), Civil Action Nos. 03-85(FSH), 03-323(FSH), Docket No. 03-2221(FSH). August 20, 2004. PATTY SHWARTZ, Magistrate Judge This matter having come before the Court by way of letter dated October 7, 2004, in which the plaintiffs request that the Court extend the dates on which briefs are to be submitted in connection with the defendants' motion for summary judgment and the plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment; and the United States District Judge