Keith v. Savannah Chatham Metro Police Department et al

Filing 31

ORDER denying 28 Request for Rule 26(f) planning meeting. Signed by Magistrate Judge G. R. Smith on 06/14/2010. (lmm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION
MICHAEL BRIAN KEITH, Plaintiff, v. OFFICERS: LEPRETINCE MAYES, KERRY THOMAS, JEREMY McKNIGHT, SEAN ORGEN, MICHAEL DOBSON, DARRIN MITCHELL, ROMEL PETIT-FRERE, and JADA FLOWERS, Defendants. ) ) ) )

Case No. CV409-148

ORDER Civil rights plaintiff Michael Brian Keith requests a meeting "in accordance with Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure." (Doc. 28.) Rule 26(f)(1), however, exempts prisoners and detainees from the otherwise mandatory Rule 26(f) conference. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f)(1) ("Except in a proceeding exempted from initial disclosures under Rule 26(a)(1)(B) ... the parties must confer as soon as practicable.. . ."); Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(B) ("an action brought without an attorney by a person

in custody of the United States, a state, or a state subdivision" is exempt from initial disclosures). Accordingly, plaintiff's request is DENIED. SO ORDERED this 14th day of June, 2010.

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1JTNTITIED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUThERN DISTRICT of GEORGIA