Miller et al v. Conway et al

Filing 62

ORDER AND OPINION granting 56 Motion for Discovery. Signed by Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr on 3/8/10. (dr)

FILED IN CHAMBEnS THOM A$ W. THRASH JR . U . S. 0 . C . Atlanta

IN THE UNITE D STATES DI STRICT CO 'VES N . HAn'EN, Clerk ,~, FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRI CT OF GE Q ~G I A ~~~, neputyC ATLANTA DIVISION AVERY L AMA R MILLER, Plaintiff,
V.

PRISONER CIVIL RIGHTS 42 U.S.C. § 1983

R . L. CONWAY, Sheriff, et al ., Defendants .

CIVIL ACTION NO . 1 :08-CV-2271-TWT

ORDER and OP INION This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's motion seeking a discovery period . (Doc . No . 56.) By Order entered on November 9, 2009, this Court allowed Plaintiff
to proceed on one claim . (Doc . No. 36 at 7 .) This Court noted that prisoner civil-

rights cases are automatically assigned to a zero-month discovery track and stated that
a party desiring discovery should request a discovery period (id . at 10), which Plaintiff has now d one . (Doc . No . 56.) For good cause shown, Plaintiff's motion shall be

granted .
IT IS ORDERE D that Plaintiff's motion for discovery (Doc . No . 56) is GRANTE D , and this case shall proceed on a four-month discovery track, commencing, nunc pro tunc, on February 11, 2010 .' See LR 26 .2, NDGa .

' Defendants answered on January 12, 2010 (Doc . Nos . 51, 52), and on March 2, 2010, certified service of their responses to Plaintiffs discovery requests, which

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IT IS SO ORDERED this 7 day of ?194,,~ ~_, 2010 .

THOMAS W. THRASH, JR . UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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