Wade v. Fresno Police Department et al

Filing 71

ORDER DENYING Defendants' 60 Motion to Compel as MOOT signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis L. Beck on 3/31/2011. (Sant Agata, S)

Wade v. Fresno Police Department et al

Doc. 71

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 DEON WADE, 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Plaintiff Deon Wade ("Plaintiff") is a prisoner in the custody of the California 17 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"). Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in 18 forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action is proceeding 19 against Defendants Officer Fredrick Williams, Officer Haywood Irving, Officer David Wilkin, 20 and Officer Bernard Finley ("Defendants"). 21 Pending before the Court is Defendants' motion to compel filed on February 17, 2011. 22 Doc. 60. Plaintiff filed an opposition on March 24, 2011. Doc. 66. Defendants filed their reply 23 on March 29, 2011. Thereafter, Plaintiff filed a supplemental response on March 30, 2011. Doc. 24 70. The matter is submitted pursuant to Local Rule 230(l). 25 26 27 28 1
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) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., ) ) ) ) Defendants. ) ) 1:09cv0599 AWI DLB ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL AS MOOT (Document 60)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I. Motion to Compel

DISCUSSION

By the instant motion, Defendants seek an order compelling Plaintiff to supplement his responses to Defendants' Special Interrogatories Sets One and Two and an order compelling Plaintiff to sign an Authorization to Release Mental Health Records. On March 30, 2011, Plaintiff filed supplemental responses to the two sets of interrogatories, along with two signed release forms. Doc. 70. It appearing that Plaintiff has provided supplemental responses and a signed release, Defendants' motion to compel is DENIED AS MOOT. However, if Defendants believe the supplemental responses or the signed releases are deficient, they may file a motion to compel further responses. II. Fees and Costs Defendants request an award of fees and costs pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5)(A). If the requested discovery is provided after a motion to compel is filed, the Court must, after giving an opportunity to be heard, require the party whose conduct necessitated the motion to pay the movant's reasonable expenses incurred in making the motion, including attorney's fees. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(A). However, the Court must not order payment if, among other things, circumstances make an award of expenses unjust. Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(A)(iii). In this instance, the Court declines to award expenses because Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this matter. Defendants also have suggested that there may have been a misunderstanding regarding the terms used in the authorization for release of mental health records. Doc. 69. CONCLUSION Based on the above, Defendants' motion to compel is DENIED AS MOOT. Additionally, Defendants' request for fees and costs is DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 3b142a

March 31, 2011

/s/ Dennis L. Beck UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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