Vellon v. Goodman

Filing 24

ORDER granting 20 Motion, Defendant is directing to provide information to the Plaintiff by 5/23/14; and granting 22 Motion for Extension of Time to File; Summary Judgment Motion due by 6/2/2014. Signed by Honorable James R. Marschewski on May 8, 2014. (lw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
FORT SMITH DIVISION
EDGAR MARTINEZ VELLON
v.

PLAINTIFF
Civil No. 13-2195

CORPORAL CHRIS GOODMAN,
Arkansas State Police

DEFENDANT
ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a motion (Doc. 20) for a more definite statement. Plaintiff indicates he has
received an Arkansas State Police Radio Transmission Log Form from the Defendant. However, he
states he cannot decipher the codes, abbreviations, or numbers on the log.
In response, Defendant asserts that the log was produced in response to Plaintiff’s request for
production. Defendant states there is no basis for requesting a more definite statement.
Review of the log indicates that Plaintiff is correct. The log cannot be deciphered by one
without knowledge of the codes used. By way of example, one line, under the header “information
on call or broadcast,” provides “10-24 678SFA 98eb.”
The motion (Doc. 20) is granted. Regardless of what this motion is called, Plaintiff is entitled
to know what these codes, abbreviations, or numbers stand for. Defendant is directed to go line by line
on the log and indicate what each code, abbreviation, number, letter sequence, etc., means. Defendant
is directed to provide this information to the Plaintiff by May 23, 2014.
Defendant has filed a motion (Doc. 22) for an extension of time to file his summary judgment
motion. The motion (Doc. 22) is granted. Defendant has until June 2nd to file his summary judgment
motion.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 8th day of May 2014.
/s/ J. Marschewski
HON. JAMES R. MARSCHEWSKI
CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE