Harris v. McKie et al

Filing 33

ORDERED that plaintiff must serve the discovery requests on defendants. Signed by Magistrate Judge James E. Graham on 6/10/19. (wwp) Modified on 6/10/2019 (wwp).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
DARNELL LAMAR HARRIS,
Plaintiff,
v.

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CV418-040

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JOHN P. MORRIS, CNT AGENTS,
Defendants.

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ORDER
Darnell Lamar Harris, pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed
motions to produce documents and answer interrogatories with the Court,
seeking discovery materials from defendants. Doc. 32. No Certificate of
Service is enclosed representing that defendants were actually served with
this request as required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (by which
even pro se litigants must abide). If Harris wishes to serve discovery on
defendants, he must do so pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
— meaning, any discovery requests are mailed to the party (or that party’s
attorney) from whom he seeks that discovery. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(b)
(describing procedure for service). The United States Marshal Service is
not needed for this purpose. Discovery requests are not filed with the

Court.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d) (initial disclosures and discovery

requests/responses are not filed until they are used for a motion or the
court orders them to be filed). The Court will not order defendants to
produce discovery materials absent a showing of good faith, meaningfully
meet and confer efforts. And to do that, plaintiff must serve his discovery
requests on defendants.
SO ORDERED, this

10th

day of June, 2019.

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