Sibel Products Inc v. Gaming Partners International Corporation

Filing 34

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER that defendants show cause why the Court should not construe their failure to timely respond to the Motion for Preliminary Injunction 26 as admission of the motion's merits. Signed by Judge J. Phil Gilbert on 9/1/09. (dka, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SIBEL PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff, v. GAMING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, and GUILFORD MILLS, INC., Defendants. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter comes before the Court on the Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc. 26) filed by Plaintiff on July 27, 2009. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(g), Defendants' response was due ten (10) days after the preliminary injunction was filed, but ten days have passed and Defendants have yet to respond. The Court may, in its discretion, construe a party's failure to file a timely response as an admission of the merits of the motion. Local Rule 7.1(g). Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS Defendants to SHOW CAUSE on or before September 11, 2009, why the Court should not construe their failure to timely respond to the Motion for Preliminary Injunction as an admission of the motion's merits and grant Plaintiff's request. IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: September 1, 2009 s/ J. Phil Gilbert J. PHIL GILBERT DISTRICT JUDGE Case No. 09-cv-0087-JPG