Porter v. Huffman et al

Filing 34

ORDER granting 33 Motion for reconsideration. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send Mr. Porter a copy of each paper he has filed. Signed by Magistrate Judge Beth Deere on 7/15/2019. (jak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION
NICHOLAS RAY PORTER,
ADC #157943
V.

PLAINTIFF

CASE NO. 4:17-CV-484-KGB-BD

SCOTT HUFFMAN, et al.

DEFENDANTS
ORDER

Plaintiff Nicholas Ray Porter has filed a motion for reconsideration of the order
denying his motion for copies of all papers filed in his case. (Docket entry #33) In the
order denying his motion for copies, the Clerk of Court was directed to send Mr. Porter a
copy of the docket sheet so that Mr. Porter could identify specific docket entries he
needed. (#32) Mr. Porter has now specified that he needs copies of the documents he has
filed. (#33, p.2) For good cause, Mr. Porter’s motion for reconsideration (#33) is
GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send Mr. Porter a copy of each paper
he has filed.
Mr. Porter also requests information about docket entry #30, which is the Court’s
scheduling order. In that order, the Court has set the period for parties to seek responses
from opposing parties to discovery requests. If Mr. Porter seeks discovery material from
Defendants—whether responses to interrogatories, documents, admissions—he must
send those requests directly to counsel for Defendants. The various types of discovery
requests, i.e., interrogatories, requests for documents, requests for admission, are
explained in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

As set out in the scheduling order, parties may submit motions for summary
judgment on or before October 2. Summary judgment is appropriate, however, only if the
moving party provides evidence showing that there is no genuine dispute about any fact
important to the outcome of the case; and the party opposing summary judgment fails to
come forward with evidence to rebut the moving party’s evidence. See FED.R.CIV.P. 56.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 15th day of July, 2019.
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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