IN RE BALDWIN

No. 11-4447.

700 F.3d 122 (2012)

In re Arthur BALDWIN; Linda Cobb; Jerome Bullock; Angela Ford; Joanne Andiorio; J.W. Wallace; Twyla Johnson; Nicole Gaines; William Thompkins; Roy Penner; Melody Causey; James Shealey; Leonard R. Duncan; Renee Frazier; Claudia Allen; Eugene Dowing; George Calloway; B.J. Leber; Reverand Ronald Peters, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: November 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Hamilton, Esq. , (Argued), Phillip J. Sbrolla, Esq. , Rebecca Sember Izsak, Esq. , Cipriani & Werner, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioners Arthur Baldwin, Linda Cobb, Jerome Bullock, Angela Ford, Joanne Marie Andiorio, J.W. Wallace, Twyla Johnson, Nicole Gaines, William Thompkins, Roy Penner, Leonard R. Duncan, Renee Frazier, Claudia Allen, Eugene Downing, George Calloway, B.J. Leber, and Reverend Ronald Peters.

Frank H. Scialdone, Esq. , Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, for Petitioners James Shealey and Mel Lee Causey.1

Nicholas D. Krawec, Esq. , Arthur W. Zamosky, Esq. , (Argued), Bernstein Law Firm P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Respondent Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, on Behalf of the Lemington Home for the Aged.

Before: AMBRO, JORDAN, and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

VANASKIE, Circuit Judge.

Concerned about the consequences of a District Court order setting a 7.5 hour per side limit on the parties' presentation of evidence at trial, the sixteen named defendants in this litigation (the "Lemington Defendants") seek a writ of mandamus to vacate the time-limit order.2 Because we believe that a direct appeal presents an adequate means for the Lemington Defendants to challenge the District...

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