Streams of Life Worship Center v. Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company
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ORDER granting 28 Ategrity's Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Production of Discovery Documents. Signed by Magistrate Judge Leslie Hoffman Price on 1/27/2025. (MKH)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
STREAMS OF LIFE WORSHIP
CENTER,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No: 6:23-cv-1891-WWB-LHP
ATEGRITY SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant
ORDER
This cause came on for consideration without oral argument on the following
motion filed herein:
MOTION: ATEGRITY’S MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFF’S
PRODUCTION OF DISCOVERY DOCUMENTS
(Doc. No. 28)
FILED:
January 15, 2025
THEREON it is ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.
In this property insurance coverage dispute, Defendant moves to compel
Plaintiff to produce documents Plaintiff was supposed to produce during the
deposition of its corporate representative pursuant to a Notice of Taking Deposition
Duces Tecum Via Videoconference of the Corporate Representative of Plaintiff.
Doc. Nos. 28, 28-1. According to the motion, Plaintiff’s corporate representative
testified to and identified, but did not produce, the following:
• Photographs/videos evidencing the condition of the roof, for which
Plaintiff’s alleges wind damages in this lawsuit, prior to Hurricane Ian;
• Original photographs/videos taken by Plaintiff’s secretary, Dawn
Harrison, following Hurricane Ian;
• Inspection/appraisal report(s) completed during the purchase of the
property;
• Copies of checks for repairs to the property issued by the Plaintiff
before and after Hurricane Ian; and
• Identification of the handymen retained by Plaintiff to complete repairs
to the property following Hurricane Ian.
Doc. No. 28, at 2. Plaintiff subsequently agreed to produce these documents by
January 10, 2025, but did not. Id. at 3.
Plaintiff has not responded to the motion, and its time for doing so expired
on January 21, 2025. See Doc. No. 18 ¶ 5 (providing that opposition briefing to a
discovery motion must be filed no later than five days after the motion); see also Fed.
R. Civ. P. 6(a)(1)(C). Accordingly, the Court deems the motion to be unopposed in
all respects. See Doc. No. 18 ¶ 5 (stating that failure to file a timely response will
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result in the discovery motion being deemed unopposed); see also Westchester
Surplus Lines Ins. Co. v. Paramount Disaster Recovery, LLC, No. 6:18-cv-1738-Orl37DCI, 2019 WL 5294804, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Apr. 19, 2019) (“The Court routinely grants
motions as unopposed where the opposing parties have not filed a response in
opposition to the motion.”); Bercini v. City of Orlando, No. 6:15-cv-1921-Orl-41TBS,
2016 WL 11448993, at *2 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 28, 2016) (granting in full unopposed
motion to compel); Daisy, Inc. v. Pollo Operations, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-564-FtM-38CM,
2015 WL 2342951, at *1 (M.D. Fla. May 14, 2015) (when defendant did not respond
court could consider motion to compel unopposed).
Upon review of the unopposed motion, and the related deposition notice
attached, the Court finds the motion (Doc. No. 28) well taken. Accordingly, it is
ORDERED as follows:
1.
Defendant’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff’s Production of Documents
(Doc. No. 28) is GRANTED.
2.
Within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Order, Plaintiff shall
produce to Defendant all outstanding documents within its current
possession, custody, or control responsive to the deposition notice, as
outlined in Defendant’s motion. See Doc. No. 28, at 2; Doc. No. 28-1.
4.
All objections to the discovery at issue have been waived by the failure
to timely respond to the motion to compel. See, e.g., Jackson v. Geometrica,
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Inc., No. 3:04-cv-640-J-20HTS, 2006 WL 213860, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 27, 2006)
(objections not addressed in response to a motion to compel are deemed
abandoned); Bercini, 2016 WL 11448993, at *2 (same).
4.
Failure to comply with this Order may result in sanctions. See Fed.
R. Civ. P. 37(b). 1
DONE and ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on January 27, 2025.
Copies furnished to:
Counsel of Record
Unrepresented Parties
1 Defendant does not request an award of fees and costs or any other relief in its
motion, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5); accordingly, the Court declines to award any further
relief at this time.
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