White v. Detroit Medical Center, et al

Filing 17

ORDER as to 13 MOTION for Reconsideration re 10 Order on Motion to Dismiss :( Response due by 4/21/2017) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

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

BELINDA WHITE,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 15-13829

DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER & PATRICIA
WILLIAMS,
Defendants.
/
ORDER GOVERNING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
Before the court is Defendants’ Motion for Reconsideration re Order on Motion to
Dismiss. (Dkt. #13.) Motions for reconsideration are not automatically permitted a
response unless the court orders otherwise. E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(h)(2). In this case, the
court ordered Plaintiff to file a response by January 31, 2017. (Dkt. #16.) Over two
months have passed since this deadline expired and Plaintiff has not filed any response
to the motion.
The Motion for Reconsideration and its supporting brief appear to be well
supported in fact and law, and the court is inclined to grant it for the reasons stated
therein. Plaintiffs’ present silence appears to be a concession that Defendant’s analysis
is sound. The court is prepared to interpret Plaintiffs’ silence as concurrence.
Moreover, pursuant to Eastern District of Michigan L.R. 41.2, when a plaintiff has
taken no action for a reasonable time and no good cause therefore is apparent, the
court may enter an order of dismissal for that reason alone.

IT IS ORDERED that if Plaintiff does not respond to Defendant’s Motion for
Reconsideration by Friday, April 21, 2017, she will be deemed to have concurred, and
Defendant’s Motion for Reconsideration will be granted for the reasons stated therein.
s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: April 17, 2017
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, April 17, 2017, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.

s/Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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