Cochran v. Massey

Filing 47

ORDER denying 43 Motion for Discovery. Signed by Chief Judge David R. Herndon on 3/31/14. (klh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

DOUG COCHRAN,
Plaintiff,

No. 12-0765-DRH

vs.
JAMES MASSEY,
Defendant.
ORDER
HERNDON, Chief Judge:
Pending before the Court is Massey’s request to reopen discovery (Doc. 43).
Massey argues that the Court should reopen discovery due to Cochran’s
incomplete discovery responses. Cochran opposes the motion. Based on the
following, the Court denies the motion.
The Court finds that the circumstances of this case do not warrant an
extension of the discovery deadline as Massey waited too long to complain.
Massey should have addressed this situation with Magistrate Judge Wilkerson
and followed the procedures outlined in the Order Regarding Discovery Disputes
(Doc. 13). The discovery deadline expired on April 1, 2013 (Doc. 11). Moreover,
the Court held the final pretrial conference on March 3, 2014 (Doc. 42). Clearly,
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the request to reopen discovery is untimely.

Thus, the Court DENIES the

request.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Signed this 31st day of March, 2014.

Digitally signed by
David R. Herndon
Date: 2014.03.31
17:04:04 -05'00'
Chief Judge
United States District Court

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