Megivern v. Glacier Hills Incorporated

Filing 30

ORDER TERMINATING AS MOOT 26 MOTION to Compel Document Production filed by Taimi Megivern, Extending Discoveryand Setting., ( Telephone Conference for 11/8/2011 11:00 AM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

TAIMI MEGIVERN,
Plaintiff,
v.
Case No. 2:11-cv-10026
GLACIER HILLS INC.,
Defendant.
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ORDER TERMINATING AS MOOT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO COMPEL DOCUMENT PRODUCTION, EXTENDING DISCOVERY,
AND SETTING TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
On October 11, 2011, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel production of documents
responsive to two requests to produce that had been previously served on, and
objected to by, Defendant.1 At the direction of the court, Defendant filed a response on
October 24, 2011. On October 25, 2011, the court conducted, on the record, a
telephone conference regarding Plaintiff’s motion. During the conference, Plaintiff’s
attorney agreed to narrow the disputed requests to produce, and counsel for both
parties consented to a methodology for fulfilling the narrowed discovery requests within
the next seven-to-ten days. Also during the conference, the court granted Plaintiff an
extension of her deadline for responding to Defendant’s pending motion for summary
judgment, recognizing that she may wish to incorporate this additional discovery in her

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Though discovery in this case ended on October 7, 2011, both parties confirmed
that Plaintiff served the disputed requests to produce in early September 2011, and
Defendants responded with their objections on September 29, 2011. Therefore, the
discovery requests at issue were timely, and the court is willing to extend the discovery
period as necessary to resolve Plaintiff’s motion.

response. Accordingly, for the reasons stated in this order and placed on the record at
the October 25, 2011, telephone conference,
IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s “Motion to Compel Document Production” [Dkt.
# 26] is TERMINATED AS MOOT in light of the parties’ mutually agreeable resolution of
the dispute underlying the motion.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that discovery in this case is EXTENDED for the
limited purpose of allowing Defendant to collect and produce information and
documents responsive to Plaintiff’s requests to produce, as narrowed by agreement of
the parties. Production shall be completed by November 7, 2011.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall participate in a telephone
conference on November 8, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. The court will place the telephone
call. During the conference, the parties should be prepared to inform the court of their
progress in completing the limited discovery allowed by this order and to discuss a
briefing schedule for Defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: October 26, 2011

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, October 26, 2011, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.

s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]
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