Duncan v. Repwest Insurance Company et al

Filing 43

ORDER Granting Plaintiff's 42 Motion to Compel Discovery Responses. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
RYAN DUNCAN,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 14-cv-14001
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
REPWEST INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL
DISCOVERY RESPONSES (ECF #42)

On September 10, 2014, Plaintiff Ryan Duncan (“Plaintiff”) filed an action

in the Wayne County Circuit Court against Defendants Geico Insurance Company
(“Geico”), Repwest Insurance Company (“Repwest”), and U-Haul Company of
Arizona (“U-Haul”) (collectively, “Defendants”) alleging that he was wrongfully
denied insurance policy benefits owed to him. (See Compl. at ¶ 15, ECF #1-2 at 67, Pg. ID 13.) Defendants removed the action to this Court on October 16, 2014
(see ECF #1), and Defendants Repwest and U-Haul were dismissed from this
action on December 2, 2014 and February 23, 2015, respectively (see ECF ## 19,
26). Geico is the only remaining defendant in this action. Currently, Plaintiff and
Geico are in the process of fact discovery. (See Scheduling Order, ECF #28 at 1,
Pg. ID 194.)
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On March 25, 2016, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel discovery responses

from Geico (the “Motion”). (See ECF #42.) In the Motion, Plaintiff requested that
the Court order Geico to produce certain identified discovery requests.

(See

generally id.) Geico’s response to the Motion was due on April 11, 2016. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. 34(b)(2)(A). To date, however, Geico has not filed a response to
the Motion. Because the Motion is unopposed and because Plaintiff’s requests are
not clearly improper, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion (ECF #42) is
GRANTED, and Geico shall produce the requested discovery no later than June
15, 2016.

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: May 26, 2016
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on May 26, 2016, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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