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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin
Actually, I think it means he is leaning towards a dismissal. Not sure about the Federal Rules but, in Maryland, a Judge cannot grant a dispositive motion without a hearing i.e. judge's can't dispose of a case through dismissal or summary judgment without an oral hearing giving each side a chance to make argument.
Alternatively, he could have denied the Motion to Dismiss without a hearing which then would have moved the case into the discovery phase.
Right now it is in limbo - not moving forward, but not dismissed.
I'll check the Federal Rules when I get into work.
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Gotcha, I thought he had actually dismissed the request for dismissal, but you are right, he just said he would hear arguments on whether to dismiss the case.
As Dirtbag said "My god the courts are slow!"