N.C. Judges Issue Different Rulings on U.S. Request for Extension of Time to Answer Camp Lejeune Claims

CHARLOTTE, N.C. –– North Carolina federal court judges have issued different orders on a recent request by the United States of America’s to have more time to respond to Camp Lejeune water contamination claims, with one judge opining that it wasn’t “readily apparent” the defendant needed more time to respond.

In an oral order delivered from the bench on April 17, Hon. Terrence W. Boyle of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina gave the defendant until April 30 out of an “abundance of caution.”

“I'll take judicial notice of the fact that there is an …