Cooper et al v. Pierce Plaza, LLC et al

Filing 29

ORDER vacating 25 Order to show cause. Defendants are Ordered to file their response or reply apprising the Court of the sufficiency of plaintiff's discovery responses, as well as any request to withdraw their motion to compel and for mandatory fees, within 14 days of service of this Order. (Compliance due by 5/2/2019). Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 4/18/19. (wwp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
VANESSA COOPER
Plaintiff,
v.

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CV418-131

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PIERCE PLAZA, LLC, d/b/a
Hampstead Oaks Apts. and
MARTIN H. BAILEY,
Defendants.

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ORDER
Defendants seek to compel discovery responses and mandatory fees
pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26 & 37. Doc. 23. Because plaintiff appeared
to be proceeding pro se but had not meaningfully responded to or
supplemented the deficient discovery responses submitted while she was
still represented, the Court ordered her to both respond to the
outstanding discovery request and inform the Court about her desire to
continue prosecuting this case. Doc. 25. Plaintiff timely responded,
explaining that she intends to proceed pro se, that she had responded to
defendants’ discovery requests, and that she opposed an award of fees
under Rule 37. Docs. 27 & 28.

Given her timely response, the Order to Show Cause (doc. 25) is
VACATED. Defendants are ORDERED to file their response or reply
apprising the Court of the sufficiency of plaintiff’s discovery responses,
as well as any request to withdraw their motion to compel and for
mandatory fees, within 14 days of service of this Order.
SO ORDERED, this 18th day of April, 2019.
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CHRISTOPHER L. RAY
HRISTOPHER
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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