Wells v. Oakes et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting 26 Motion to Amend which this Court construes as a Motion to Supplement. The Clerk shall docket entry number 26 as a Supplement to Plaintiff's Complaint. The parties shall complete discovery on or before October 22, 2016, and file any dispositive motions on or before November 22, 2016. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jerome T. Kearney on 6/22/2016. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
JONESBORO DIVISION
WILLIE WELLS,
ADC #100985
v.

PLAINTIFF

3:15CV00300-DPM-JTK

DONALD OAKES, et al.

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend, which this Court construes as a Motion to Supplement his
Complaint (Doc. No. 26), is GRANTED. The Clerk shall docket entry number 26 as a Supplement
to Plaintiff’s Complaint.
The Court will give the parties three months to complete discovery and four months (30 days
after the close of discovery) to file any dispositive motions.1 Therefore, the parties shall complete
discovery on or before October 22, 2016, and file any dispositive motions on or before November
22, 2016.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 22nd day of June, 2016.

______________________________________
JEROME T. KEARNEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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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
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