Grammer Industries, Incorporated v. Beach Mold & Tool, Inc.

Filing 148

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART 110 Motion to Compel AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART 125 Motion to Stay - Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (CCie)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
GRAMMAR INDUSTRIES, INC.,
Plaintiff,

No. 15-12694

v.

District Judge Paul D. Borman
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

BEACH MOLD AND TOOL, INC.,
ET AL.,
Defendants.
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ORDER
For the reasons and under the terms stated on the record on June 8, 2017,
Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Responses to First Set of Discovery Requests [Doc. #110]
and Defendants’ Motion to Stay Discovery [Doc. #125] are both GRANTED IN PART
AND DENIED IN PART, as follows:
(1) The Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel [Doc. #110] is GRANTED to the extent that
Plaintiff may depose Marcus Collardin and James J. Mahoney with respect to matters
raised in their affidavits submitted in support of Defendants’ motion for dismissal under
Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(2) [Doc. #102]. The depositions of Messrs. Collardin and Mahoney
will be completed before July 31, 2017. Defendants may file a supplemental brief in
support of their motion to dismiss within 21 days of the last of the two depositions.
Plaintiff may file a supplemental response within 14 days of the Defendants’
supplemental brief.
(2) The Motion to Compel is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE as to
interrogatories and requests to produce.
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(3) The Defendants’ motion to stay discovery [Doc. #125] is DENIED as to the
depositions of Messrs. Collardin and Mahoney, and GRANTED as to Plaintiff’s
interrogatories and document requests.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/R. Steven Whalen
R. STEVEN WHALEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Dated: June 9, 2017

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify on June 9, 2017, that I electronically filed the foregoing paper with
the Clerk of the Court sending notification of such filing to all counsel registered
electronically. I hereby certify that a copy of this paper was mailed to non-registered ECF
participants.
s/Carolyn Ciesla
Case Manager to
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

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