UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO: 18-80106-CV-MIDDLEBROOKS
GLOBAL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
GRUPO RONTAN ELECTRO METALURGICA, S.A.,
JOAO ALBERTO BOLZAN, and
JOSE CARLOS BOLZAN,
Defendants.
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ORDER SETTING HEARING REGARDING DAMAGES
THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon Defendants’ Motion to Seek Evidentiary
Hearing to Determine Damages (DE 224), filed on June 12, 2020, and Plaintiff’s Motion for Status
Conference with Request for Stipulation/Admission of Facts (DE 244), filed on October 21, 2020.
Defendants’ Motion is fully briefed. (DE 233; DE 239). Plaintiff’s Motion states that Defendants
do not oppose its hearing request. (DE 244 at 5). Because the Parties appear to agree that a hearing
in this case is necessary, the Motions are granted to the extent that they request such a hearing.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
(1) Defendants’ Motion to Seek Evidentiary Hearing to Determine Damages (DE 224) is
GRANTED to the extent that it requests a hearing on damages.
(2) Plaintiff’s Motion for Status Conference with Request for Stipulation/Admission of
Facts (DE 244) is GRANTED to the extent that it requests a status conference to
resolve the issue of damages in this case. Plaintiff may address its request for
stipulation/admission of facts at the hearing, if that remains an outstanding issue.
(3) ) A 60-minute remote hearing is scheduled for November 17, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., at
which time the Parties may offer argument and evidence regarding damages.
(4) By November 3, 2020, the Parties and their attorneys SHALL SEND, via email to
middlebrooks@flsd.uscourts.gov, the names and email addresses of any attorney or
Party who will be appearing at the hearing. Upon receipt of this information, my
courtroom deputy will send instructions regarding attending the hearing. The Parties
will be responsible for forwarding the Zoom information to any non-parties who will
be attending the hearing.
(5) If the Parties intend to offer testimony or submit exhibits into evidence at the upcoming
hearing, they SHALL FILE their witness and exhibit lists in the court record no later
than November 10, 2020. Exhibit lists must include attachments of any documents
that the Parties intend to introduce at the hearing.
SIGNED in Chambers at West Palm Beach, Florida, this 28th day of October, 2020
