Harris v. Yum! Brands, Inc. et al

Filing 46

ORDER granting 34 Motion To compel Discovery Responses to Include Signed Authorizations.. Signed by District Judge Gershwin A. Drain. (TBan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CHERYL HARRIS,
Plaintiff,
Case No.: 17-10239
Honorable Gershwin A. Drain

v.

YUM! BRANDS, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
___________________________/
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL
DISCOVERY RESPONSES TO INCLUDE SIGNED AUTHORIZATIONS
[#34]
On April 25, 2018, Defendants Redberry Resto Brands International, Inc. and
Redberry Resto-Brands, Inc. filed a Motion to Compel Discovery Responses to
Include Signed Authorizations, filed on April 25, 2018. Plaintiff Cheryl Harris has
failed to file a Response to the present motion, which was due on or before May 14,
2018. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6; E.D. Mich. L.R. 7.1(e). Thus, Defendants’ present
motion is uncontested.
This is the second time Defendants have been forced to seek court
intervention to obtain the signed authorizations from Plaintiff, which they originally
requested in March of 2017. In fact, on February 6, 2018, the Court entered an
Order requiring Plaintiff to produce signed authorizations within seven (7) days

from the date the order was entered. See Dkt. No. 26.
Here, the Court finds that good cause exists for granting Defendants’
requested relief.

Accordingly, Defendants’ Motion to Compel Discovery

Responses to Include Signed Authorizations [#34] is GRANTED.
Plaintiff shall produce the signed authorizations no later than July 27, 2018.
Failure to produce the signed authorizations may result in the imposition
of sanctions, up to and including dismissal of this lawsuit.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 20, 2018

/s/Gershwin A. Drain
GERSHWIN A. DRAIN
United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Copies of this Order were served upon attorneys of record on
July 20, 2018, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
/s/ Tanya Bankston
Deputy Clerk

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