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May 24, 2006
VIA HAND DELIVERY
The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet
United States District Court
for the District of Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building
844 King Street
Wilmington, DE l980l
Re: Daniel Ferguson v. Garden Ridge Corporation, et ol., Case No. 06-CV-002l3
{GMS; [D. Del. 2006).
Dear Judge Sleet:
Enclosed you will find a stipulated briefing schedule with respect to the above~
referenced appeal (the °‘Appeal"). The parties respectfully request that Your Honor enter an
order approving the stipulated briefing schedule at the Court’s earliest convenience.
Mediation ofthe Appeal concluded late in the day on Friday, May l9, 2006.
Ptusuant to this Court’s General Order dated July 23, 2004, since the Appeal did not result in a
resolution, the appellant’s opening brief would otherwise be due on or about June 7, 2006, and
the appellees’ answering brief would be due no later than June 22, 2006.
The undersigned attorney has been the primary attorney on this matter since the
dispute first arose in April, 2005. The undersigned attorney conducted all discovery, drafted all
briefing, argued this matter before the Bankruptcy Court and lead all settlement discussions,
including the mediation, on behalf of the appellees. It is expected that the undersigned’s role in
the Appeal will be just as substantial.
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The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet
May 24, 2003
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The undersigned counsel to the appellees will be on a long——scheduied, two~weei<
vacation beginning on June 2, 2006. Thus, absent approval of the proposed scheduling order, the
appellant’s opening brief will he tiled while the appellees’ lead counsel on this matter is on
vacation and the appeliees’ answering brief would he due either while the undersigned is on
vacation or, at the latest, within a few days of return. The appellees, with the consent ofthe
appellant, believe that it would be a much more efficient and judicious use of resources to extend
the briefing schedule as requested, rather than require an attorney other than the undersigned to
“get up to speed" or, alternatively, to require the undersigned to cancel his long—planned
vacation. ‘
Finally, Your Honor, the issues raised in the Appeal are rather complicated,
involving discrete bankruptcy issues such as substantive consolidation and a complex marriage
of bankruptcy and Texas state law on the issue of setoff. As such, the parties believe that the
stipulated scheduling order will permit a more complete and focused presentation of the issues
involved for the benefit of the Court.
Based on the foregoing, the`appeilees’ respectfully request that the Court approve
the enclosed stipulated briefing schedule at the Court’s earliest convenience. As always, counsel
are available should Your Honor have any questions or comments concerning the foregoing.
Respe tfu I
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Enclosure _ _,
cc: Clerk of the United States Distric cs , ia hand delivery w/ enclosure)
Pauline K. Morgan, Esquire
William D. Sullivan, Esquire
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