Coit v. Zavaras et al

Filing 297

MINUTE ORDER denying 295 plaintiff's Motion to order Defendants to Produce the Record of Each Disciplinary Hearing Charge and Results Identified in Defendants' Exhibit Coit 01061, by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe on 5/30/2013.(mjwcd)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 12–cv–00609–WYD–MJW
JILL COIT,
Plaintiff,
v.
ARISTEDES ZAVARAS, Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, et. al,
Defendants.

MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Magistrate Judge Michael J. Watanabe
It is hereby ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion to order Defendants to Produce the
Record of Each Disciplinary Hearing Charge and Results Identified in Defendants’
Exhibit Coit 01061 (Docket No. 295) is DENIED. The subject motion consists of a
series of questions and requests for production stemming from an exhibit disclosed to
plaintiff. These requests must be made in compliance with the discovery rules and
procedures under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and in compliance with this
court’s Scheduling Order (Docket No. 127). See Green v. Dorrell, 969 F.2d 915, 917
(10th Cir. 1992) (stating that pro se litigants must follow the same rules of procedure
that govern other litigants); Ogden v. San Juan Cnty., 32 F.3d 452, 455 (10th Cir. 1994).
Plaintiff has put forth these questions and requests in a motion directed to the court,
rather than posing those questions to defendants in a form contemplated by the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 to 37. It is not the proper function of
the court to act as a go-between for the parties’ discovery requests. For these reasons,
the subject motion is denied.
Date: May 30, 2013