Bailey v. Himelick et al

Filing 21

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING 20 MOTION to Exempt from Scheduling and Planning Requirements by Plaintiff Theron Bailey. The Court will contact Plaintiff at his place of incarceration for all future conferences. Clerk DIRECTED to send Plaintiff a copy of this Order and Report of Parties Planning Meeting. Signed by Magistrate Judge Roger B Cosbey on 1/26/10. (cc: DE 19 and 21 sent to Plaintiff). (cer)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA FORT WAYNE DIVISION THERON BAILEY, Plaintiff, v. JASON DAVIS and CODY HARLAN, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

CAUSE NO. 1:09-cv-219

OPINION AND ORDER On January 21, 2010, pro se Plaintiff Theron Bailey filed a Motion to Exempt (Docket #20), asking the Court to "exempt this cause from the scheduling and planning requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f), Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 and N.D. Ind. L.R. 16.1 and cancel the scheduled telephonic pretrial conference. . .." (Mot. 1.) The Plaintiff has made no showing of why he should be exempt from these requirements, other than the fact that he is presently incarcerated and does not have a personal telephone number and access to the Court's website. The Plaintiff's Motion is DENIED. The Court will contact him at his place of incarceration for all future conferences and the Clerk is DIRECTED to send him a copy of this order and the Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting. SO ORDERED. Enter for January 26, 2010. /S/ Roger B. Cosbey Roger B. Cosbey, United States Magistrate Judge