Briggs v. University of Detroit-Mercy et al

Filing 58

ORDER Directing the Meisner Defendants to Answer the Plaintiff's Complaint. ( Response due by 5/21/2014) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

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

CARLOS BRIGGS,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 13-12583

v.
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT-MERCY, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER DIRECTING THE MEISNER DEFENDANTS
TO ANSWER PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
On January 29, 2013, Plaintiff Carlos Briggs sued his former employer, University
of Detroit Mercy (UDM), his former boss at UDM, Kerry Gaither, UDM’s media
consultant, Meisner Associates, Inc., and its President, Mort Meisner, under Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and state law, in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Subsequently, Defendants collectively removed the case to this court. It has come to
the court’s attention that Defendants Meisner Associates, Inc. and Mort Meisner
(hereinafter “the Meisner Defendants”) have not filed an answer to Plaintiff’s complaint.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the Meisner Defendants’ are DIRECTED to file an answer
to Plaintiff’s complaint by May 21, 2014. If the Meisner Defendants fail to comply with
this deadline, Plaintiff may request a clerk’s entry of default pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.
55(a).
s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: May 12, 2014

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, May 12, 2014, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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