Stoner et al v. Drink Blocks, LLC et al

Filing 58

ORDER granting 46 Motion to Compel responses to discovery requests and payment of reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees. See order for further details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Karla R. Spaulding on 1/25/2017. (Spaulding, Karla)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
THEODORE STONER and
PLAYCYCLE, LLC,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No: 6:16-cv-552-Orl-40KRS

DRINK BLOCKS, LLC and TOM WEISS,
Defendants.

ORDER
This cause came on for consideration without oral argument on the following motion filed
herein:
MOTION:

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO
INTERROGATORIES AND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
PRODUCTION (Doc. No. 46)

FILED:

December 28, 2016

THEREON it is ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.
In this motion, Plaintiff PlayCycle, LLC (“PlayCycle”) states that it served interrogatories
on Defendant Drink Blocks, LLC (“Drink Blocks”) on August 1, 2016, and that as of the writing of
the motion to compel Drink Blocks had not responded to the interrogatories. Plaintiffs PlayCycle
and Theodore Stoner also state that they served requests for production of documents on Drink
Blocks on August 1, 2016, and that as of the writing of the motion to compel Drink Blocks had not
responded to those requests.

As of the writing of this Order, Drink Blocks has not responded to the motion to compel and
the time for filing a response has expired. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the motion to compel
is GRANTED as unopposed. It is further ORDERED that Drink Blocks shall serve sworn answers
to PlayCycle’s interrogatories and produce all documents in its possession, custody or control
responsive to Plaintiffs’ requests for production of documents on or before February 6, 2017. All
objections to these discovery requests have been waived by failing to assert them in timely served
responses to the discovery requests.
Plaintiffs also seek an award of the reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, they
incurred in filing the motion. Doc. No. 46, at 9. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5)(A)
provides that when, as here, a motion to compel is granted, the Court shall require the party whose
conduct necessitated the motion to pay the movant’s reasonable expenses incurred in making the
motion, including attorney’s fees, unless the motion was filed before attempting in good faith to
resolve the issue, the failure to respond to discovery requests was substantially justified, or other
circumstances make an award of expenses unjust. Plaintiffs’ counsel certified that a good faith
conference was conducted. Drink Blocks has not presented any information to establish that its
failure to respond to the discovery requests was substantially justified or that other circumstances
make an award of expenses unjust. Accordingly, it is further ORDERED that, on or before
February 10, 2017, Drink Blocks shall tender to counsel for Plaintiffs the sum of $500.00 to
compensate Plaintiffs, in part, for the reasonable expenses incurred in filing the motion.
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on January 25, 2017.

Karla R. Spaulding
KARLA R. SPAULDING
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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