Reed v. Lewis et al

Filing 75

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S 73 Motion to Take Deposition from Mark Reed - Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (CCie)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

MARK REED #151290,

No. 13-10168

Plaintiff,
v.

District Judge Avern Cohn
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

VICKIE LEWIS, et al.,
Defendants.
/
ORDER
Plaintiff is a pro se Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) prison inmate
who has filed a civil complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983. Plaintiff is housed at the
Carson City Correctional Facility. Currently before the Court is Defendant Fettig’s October
4, 2016 Motion to Take Plaintiff’s Deposition [Docket #73] under Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2).
Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2), provides that a party must obtain permission of the court if
the person to be deposed is confined in prison. Plaintiff is currently incarcerated, requiring
a Defendant to be granted leave by this Court to take his deposition. The Plaintiff has not
filed a response to the Defendant’s Motion as of October 24, 2016.

Defendants, through their counsel, are hereby granted leave to conduct a deposition
of Plaintiff, No. 151290 at the Carson City Correctional Facility or any other MDOC facility
at which he might be housed. The deposition may be taken in person or by video conference
if the means to do so are available at the facility where Plaintiff is housed. Fed. R. Civ. P.
30(b)(4).
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Fettig’s motion [Docket #73] is
GRANTED.
s/ R. Steven Whalen
R. STEVEN WHALEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Dated: October 24, 2016

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was sent to parties of record on
October 24, 2016, electronically and/or by U.S. mail.
s/Carolyn M. Ciesla
Case Manager to the
Honorable R. Steven Whalen