Maleeah v. Awe et al

Filing 51

ORDER informing the Plaintiff that Discovery Requests are not filed with the Court re 49 Notice of Filing filed by Cager A. Maleeah. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 4/23/19. (jrb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
CAGER A. MALEEAH,
Plaintiff,
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CV418-096

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PA DARCY, et al.,
Defendants.

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ORDER
Cager A. Maleeah, pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed a
“Deposition Upon Written Questions” with the Court, setting forth dozens
of written interrogatories for defendants to answer. Doc. 49. It is unclear
whether he seeks any court intervention in propounding his discovery
requests upon defendants; 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 Maleeah 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).
SO ORDERED, this

23rd

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day of April, 2019.

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CHRISTOPHER L. RAY
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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