Thurmond v. Southfield, City of et al

Filing 147

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' 141 Motion to Compel - Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (CCie)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DAWAN PIERCE THURMOND,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 15-13167
District Judge Laurie J. Michelson
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Production of Documents
[Doc. #141]. Contrary to this Court’s Local Rules, Plaintiff did not attach a copy of
his Requests for Production to his motion. In addition, Defendants note in their
response that the Plaintiff did not properly serve his Requests to Produce.
This Court struck a previous motion to compel filed by Plaintiff for nonconformance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Here, Plaintiff has requested
production of documents set forth in” his amended complaint. He has not properly
served discovery requests following the Rule 16 scheduling conference, as the Court
ordered. While pro se litigants are given some leeway, Plaintiff was instructed that
he was required to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court’s
Local Rules.
Discovery is still open, and is set to close on March 3, 2017 [Doc. #128].

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Plaintiff has the opportunity to properly serve on Defendants’ counsel his
Interrogatories and Requests to Produce. Because he has not done so to date, his
motion to compel [Doc. #141] is DENIED.
Defendants’ request for costs [Doc. #142] is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/ R. Steven Whalen
R. STEVEN WHALEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Dated: November 28, 2016

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was sent to parties of record
on November 28, 2016, electronically and/or by U.S. mail.
s/Carolyn M. Ciesla
Case Manager to the
Honorable R. Steven Whalen

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