:lol:
In federal court, you have to file an answer within 20 days of being served with a complaint. Both defendants were served in July 2006. If you file a motion to dismiss, you get an extension of time to file an answer until the court rules on the motion to dismiss. Both defendants filed motions to dismiss. The motions were granted, so the defendants did not have to file answers at all. The plaintiff (GCO member) appealed the dismissal and won at the court of appeals (decision in March 2007). The court of appeals sent the case back to the district court in April. The district court entered an order incorporating the decision of the court of appeals as its own. That means now the motions to dismiss have been denied. So, the defendants just now were required to file their answers, which they have done.
Before the dismissed the case originally, the plaintiff had filed a motion for summary judgment. The defendants never responded to the motion because the case was dismissed. The district court now has ordered the defendants to respond to the motion for summary judgment by May 16. The plaintiff will have a couple weeks to reply. So, some time in early June, the case will be submitted to the district judge for a decision on the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. If the motion is granted, plaintiff will have won the case. If the motion is denied, the case will go forward to trial (barring any other motions being filed and granted that result in disposing of the case before trial).