Harris v. River Rouge Housing Commission

Filing 63

ORDER Striking 62 Offer of Judgment. Signed by District Judge Gerald E. Rosen. (JOwe)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CESILY D. HARRIS,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 11-14030

v.

Hon. Gerald E. Rosen

RIVER ROUGE HOUSING
COMMISSION,
Defendant.
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ORDER STRIKING
OFFER OF JUDGMENT
At a session of said Court, held in
the U.S. Courthouse, Detroit, Michigan
on _____________________________
PRESENT: Honorable Gerald E. Rosen
Chief Judge, United States District Court
On November 7, 2012, Defendant filed on the docket an offer of judgment made
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68. Under the plain language of Rule 68,
however, an offer of judgment is first to be “serve[d] on an opposing party,” and then
filed with the Court only if “the opposing party serves written notice accepting the offer.”
Fed. R. Civ. P. 68(a). Because there is no indication in the record that Plaintiff has
accepted Defendant’s offer, this offer of judgment should not have been filed with the
Court, and must be stricken from the docket. Accordingly,

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the offer of judgment filed
by Defendant on November 7, 2012 [Dkt. # 62] is STRICKEN from the docket in this
case.

s/Gerald E. Rosen
Chief Judge, United States District Court
Dated: November 21, 2012
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or
counsel of record on November 21, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Julie Owens
Case Manager

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