Joint Consent Motion Amend Scheduling Order And Extending Discovery Ocr¶

FILED 6/15/2023 5:15 PM CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT DEKALB COUNTY GEORGIA

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

JONATHAN SWEATMAN,

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SARAH ZEEMAN,

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Respondent / Counterclaim

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FILE NO. 21CV9795

Petitioner.

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JONATHAN SWEATMAN,

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Counterclaim Respondent.

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§ JOINT CONSENT MOTION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER AND EXTEND DISCOVERY

COME NOW Defendant JOHNATHAN SWEATMAN and Plaintiff SARAH ZEEMAN (hereinafter the “Parties”), by and through their counsel of record in the above-styled action and move the Court for an Order extending the time the Parties have to complete discovery in this case. Accordingly, the Parties respectfully move this Court for an Order amending the scheduling order extending discovery and all other deadlines through September 12, 2023. STATEMENT OF FACTS

This case involves disputes over property line boundaries and stormwater runoff. Discovery in the case is currently set to expire on July 14, 2023. The parties have engaged in mediation and are currently still in ongoing negotiations. Per Ms. Zeeman, these further progress in these negotiations require a site inspection by the

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parties’ experts to opine on bounds of the disputed property line and the source of the alleged stormwater runoff. The site inspection is currently scheduled for June 21, 2023.

Once this inspection is complete and the expert reports are finalized, if the case cannot be resolved, party depositions still need to occur, as well as the depositions of the experts. In

addition to these depositions, additional documents need to be exchanged between the Parties. In order to ensure the parties are in full compliance of the deadlines set by this Court, the Parties respectfully ask that this Court grant this discovery extension so that all depositions needed in this case may take place, all discovery information to explored and provided, and that

the site inspections may take place to provide a possible resolve to this case. This Motion is not made for the purposes of delay, but rather is made in a good faith effort by the Parties to prepare this case in the Parties’ best interests. The facts of this case are still developing, making this extension necessary for the Parties to present a complete case. The Parties states that no prejudice will come to any party and justice will be well served through an extension of the discovery period and time to potentially negotiate settlement in the case. WHEREFORE, for the reasons stated above, the Parties respectfully request the Court GRANT the Consent Motion to Extend Discovery. The Parties have attached for the Court’s

consideration and convenience a proposed Order extending discovery through September 12, 2023 and all other deadlines an additional sixty (60) days.

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Respectfully submitted, this 15th day of June, 2023.

CRUSER, MITCHELL, NOVITZ, SANCHEZ, GASTON & ZIMET, LLP

UAL Cooke

TIMOTHY L. MITCHELL Georgia Bar No. 460744 CHELSEA T. COOKE

Meridian II, Suite 2000

Georgia Bar No. 209502

275 Scientific Drive

Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendant

Peachtree Corners, GA 30092

Jonathan Sweatman

(404) 881-2622 | (404) 881-2630 — fax tmitchell@cmlawfirm.com ccooke@cmlawfirm.com

ROSE LITIGATION, LLC

si Lisa K. Rose

LISA K. ROSE

Georgia Bar No. 614204

(by Chelsea Cooke with express permission) Attorney for Petitioner Jonathan Sweatman

4880 Lower Roswell Road

Suite 165-522 Marietta, Georgia 30068

(678) 806-8188 lisa@roselitigatio lawyer n. BANKS AND RIEDEL, PC

/s/ Jeff S. Banks JEFF S. BANKS

Georgia Bar No. 005445

(by Chelsea Cooke with express permission) Attorney for Sarah Zeeman

970 Walnut St. Macon, Georgia 31201

478-254-3230

banksnriedel@gmail.com

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SWIFT, CURRIE, McGHEE & HIERS, LLP

is)Noah Caldwell

DAVID M. ATKINSON Georgia Bar No. 26460 NOAH CALDWELL Georgia Bar No. 885808

(by Chelsea Cooke with express permission)

Attorneys for Respondent Sarah Zeeman 1355 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 300

Atlanta, GA 30309 404-874-8800 404-888-6199 fax

david.atkinson@swiftcurrie.com noah.caldwell@swiftcurrie.com

MCLAIN & MERRITT PC

3) BrettM. Ledermeier

TANIA R. TUTTLE

Georgia State Bar No. 720348 SARAH C. MONICO Georgia State Bar No. 582691 BRETT M. LEDERMEIER Georgia State Bar No. 600906

(by Chelsea Cooke with express permission)

Attorneys for Respondent Sarah Zeeman 11625 Rainwater Drive, Suite 125 Alpharetta, Georgia 30009 Phone: (770) 200-7000 Fax: (770) 200-7001 ttuttle@mmatllaw.com smonico@mmatllaw.com bledermeier@mmatllaw.com

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

JONATHAN SWEATMAN,

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Petitioner,

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SARAH ZEEMAN,

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CIVIL ACTION

Respondent / Counterclaim

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FILE NO. 21CV9795

Petitioner.

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JONATHAN SWEATMAN,

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Counterclaim Respondent.

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§ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have this day electronically filed the within and foregoing JOINT CONSENT MOTION TO AMEND THE SCHEDULING ORDER AND EXTEND

DISCOVERY with the Clerk of Court using the Odyssey e-filing system which will automatically send e-mail notification of such filing to the following attorney of record: Lisa K. Rose, Esq,

Jeff Banks, Esq.

Rose Litigation, LLC

Banks & Riedel, PC

4880 Lower Roswell Road, Suite 165-522

970 Walnut Street

Marietta, GA 30068

Macon, GA 31201

Lisa@roselitigation. lawyer

Jetfsbanks@hotmail.com

Attorney for Petitioner Sweatman

banksnriedel@hotmail.com Attorneys for Respondent Zeeman

Brett Ledermeier, Esq.

Noah Caldwell, Esq.

11625 Rainwater Drive, Suite 125

David M. Atkinson, Esq.

Alpharetta, GA 30009

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP

bledermeier@mmatllaw.com

1420 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 800

Attorneys for Counterclaim Petition

Atlanta, GA 30309

Zeeman

noah.caldwell@swiftcurrie.com david. atkinson@swiftcurrie.com Attorneys for Respondent Zeeman

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Respectfully submitted, this 15" day of June, 2023. CRUSER, MITCHELL, NOVITZ, SANCHEZ, GASTON & ZIMET, LLP

TIMOTHY L. MITCHELL Georgia Bar No. 460744 CHELSEA T. COOKE

Meridian IT, Suite 2000

Georgia Bar No. 209502

275 Scientific Drive

Attorneys for Counterclaim Defendant

Peachtree Corners, GA 30092

Jonathan Sweatman

(404) 881-2622 | (404) 881-2630 — fax ccooke@cmlawfirm.com

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