Hale vs. Emporia State University, et al.,

Filing 65

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER denying 53 Motion to Determine Sufficiency of Responses to Requests to Admit. Signed by Magistrate Judge Kenneth G. Gale on 5/30/18. (df)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
MELVIN HALE, PH.D.,
Plaintiff,
v.
JACKIE VIETTI, PH.D., et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 16-4183-DDC-KGG

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DETERMINE
THE SUFFICIENY OF RESPONSES TO REQUESTS TO ADMIT
Plaintiff has filed a motion (Doc. 53) asking the Court to deem admitted numerous
requests for admission (536) submitted to Defendants. The number is somewhat misleading
because requests were sent to all seven defendants, and include some duplicate requests,
although some are unique to each Defendant. Each defendant received more than 70 requests.
The Plaintiff’s complaint regarding the responses is that the Defendants denied every request.
The Plaintiff argues that these responses could not possibly be in good faith. Defendant responds
that it has provided individual and good-faith responses to each request.
The Plaintiff has not established that the Defendants failed to provide compliant
responses. If at trial, or in dispositive motion practice, it becomes apparent the Plaintiff is
forced to expend time and funds proving a fact which should have been admitted, the Plaintiff
may request sanctions at that time. See generally Schufler v. General Host Corporation, 915 F.
Supp. 236 (D. Kan. 1995).
The Motion is DENIED.
Dated: May 30, 2018.
S/ KENNETH G. GALE

Kenneth G. Gale
United States Magistrate Judge