Seals v. Scutt et al

Filing 92

ORDER granting 91 Motion to Take Deposition from Nicholas Seals - Signed by Magistrate Judge Mona K. Majzoub. (LBar)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

NICHOLAS SEALS,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-cv-15054

v.

DISTRICT JUDGE VICTORIA A. ROBERTS

DEBRA SCUTT, et al.,

MAGISTRATE JUDGE MONA K. MAJZOUB

Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT STEVENSON’S
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE PLAINTIFF’S DEPOSITION [91]
This is a prisoner civil rights complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the
Court is Defendant Vernon Stevenson, M.D.’s Motion for Leave to Take Deposition of
Incarcerated Plaintiff. (Docket no. 91.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(a)(2)(B),
a party must obtain leave of court to take the deposition of a person confined in prison. Fed. R.
Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(b). The court must grant leave to the extent consistent with Rule 26(b)(1) and
(2). Id. Defendant Stevenson asserts that the taking of Plaintiff’s deposition is essential to the
preparation of a defense in this case. The Court agrees. Accordingly, Defendant Stevenson’s
Motion for Leave to Take Deposition of Incarcerated Plaintiff (docket no. 91) is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

NOTICE TO THE PARTIES
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), the parties have a period of fourteen
days from the date of this Order within which to file any written appeal to the District Judge as
may be permissible under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).

Dated: April 18, 2016

s/ Mona K. Majzoub
MONA K. MAJZOUB
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

PROOF OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of this Order was served upon Plaintiff Nicholas Seals and
counsel of record on this date.
Dated: April 18, 2016

s/ Lisa C. Bartlett
Case Manager

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