The one thing that some keep pointing to is that he cast the dates as being firm now. It leads one to believe he is moving forward and he may just pocket the MTD until discovery takes place. It would avoid the appeal process for the defendants. And of course everyone knows what will happen with discovery. If that is the route the judge takes than I give him more credit than I thought I would. But we will have to wait..
he may just pocket the MTD until discovery takes place....
I was wondering if it was possible for him to do this.
If he could allow discovery then dismiss the case, I believe it would be a way for political pressure to handle the usurper and the courts avoid the issue in its present form.
My understanding is that denial of a motion to dismiss is not appeal-able. Granting one is.
But I've not researched to see if that is indeed the case. It sort of makes sense though.