Nurture, LLC v. PBM Nutritionals LLC

Background

Nurture, LLC and PBM Nutritionals LLC jointly asked the court to temporarily pause deadlines in the case-management and scheduling order so they could pursue private mediation. The parties said this was their third request for an adjournment and that their earlier requests had been granted. They reported that document discovery was substantially complete and that expert disclosures had recently been exchanged.

The parties anticipated holding mediation during the week of July 14, 2025. They proposed postponing fact and expert discovery deadlines, including deadlines for depositions, requests for admission, expert reports, and responses to requests for admission. They also agreed that, if the case did not resolve, fact-witness depositions would be completed by October 17, 2025.

Court’s Action

The court STAYED the discovery deadlines in the action pending further order. It endorsed the parties’ proposed amended case-management plan under separate cover. The parties were ORDERED to file a joint letter within one week after their private mediation stating whether they had reached a resolution.

The court also ADJOURNED the post-fact-discovery conference from August 7, 2025, to November 6, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. Judge Katherine Polk Failla stated that, given the stay and the substantial extension of discovery deadlines, the court would grant no further extension requests. The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate the pending motion at docket entry 69. The order did not decide the merits of the parties’ underlying dispute.