Neill v. Knauts et al

Filing 12

ORDER, parties must complete discovery by 8/5/2014, and file any dispositive motions by 9/4/2014. Both Defendants are granted permission to depose Paintiff, if they so choose. Signed by Magistrate Judge J. Thomas Ray on 04/07/2014. (kcs)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION

BRANDY ANN NEILL,
ADC #712275
V.

PLAINTIFF
3:14CV00011 JLH/JTR

C. W. KNAUTS; and
GERALD MCCLUNG,
Clay County Sheriff

DEFENDANTS

ORDER
Defendants have filed their Answers. Docs. 9 & 11. The parties will have 120
days to complete discovery and 150 days to file any dispositive motions.1
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
1.

The parties must complete discovery, on or before August 5, 2014, and

file any dispositive motions on or before September 4, 2014.
2.

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(B), both Defendants are granted

permission to depose Plaintiff, if they so choose.

1

This means that the parties must send their final discovery requests to the opposing side
so that they have the full amount of time, as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to
respond before the discovery deadline expires. For instance, Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(2) states that a
party has 30 days to respond to interrogatories. Thus, the parties must send their final interrogatories
to the opposing side at least 30 days before the expiration of the discovery deadline.

Dated this 7th day of April, 2014.

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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