Evans

ORDER

Plaintiffs’ motion for an order for deadlines came on for hearing before this Court on September 24, 2003. The parties had briefed the issues extensively and the Court was prepared to rule. At the conclusion of the hearing the parties expressed willingness to collaborate on drafting a proposed order for the Court’s signature, to be submitted to the Court by October 8, 2003. The deadline passed, and counsel presented the Court with Plaintiffs’ Proposed Order, Defendants’ Objections to Plaintiffs’ Proposed Order and Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendants’ Objections on Proposed Order.

The parties present two versions of the Order:

Plaintiffs propose the following language: (Plaintiffs modified their Proposed Order in response to Defendants’ Objections^ — -this is the modified version)

IT IS SO ORDERED.” (Plaintiffs’ Response at page 5, n. 4)

Defendants propose the following language:

IT IS SO ORDERED.” (Defendants’ Objections at page 3)

The parties’ proposed orders differ significantly. Defendants propose to “take action” on “rebuilding amendments” versus “prepare, cause to be prepared” and “approve or adopt” “rebuilding plans.” This is inconsistent with what the Court and…