Cain v. Detroit, City of, et al

Filing 13

ORDER granting in part 11 Motion to Compel. Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (Chubb, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
CHRISTOPHER CAIN,
v.

Plaintiff,

Case No. 12-15582

CITY OF DETROIT, et al.,
Defendants.

HON. TERRENCE G. BERG
HON. MONA K. MAJZOUB
/

ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Christopher Cain’s motion to
compel discovery, filed on March 21, 2013. Following a telephonic status conference
with the attorneys of record held on April 3, 2013, the Court has considered the
arguments of Defendants’ counsel in partial opposition to the motion, as well as
Plaintiff’s arguments in support of the motion and both counsel’s mutual agreement
to work cooperatively to resolve the issues raised in the motion, and therefore, in
accordance with the understandings expressed in the telephonic status conference,
the Court shall grant Plaintiff’s motion in part, subject to certain limitations.
It is therefore ORDERED that Plaintiff’s March 21, 2013 motion to compel is
GRANTED IN PART, and Defendant shall produce all requested discovery
materials no later than May 4, 2013, subject to the following limitations:
1. Defendants will make responses to interrogatories and requests to
produce 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, and 28, except that such responses will
be limited at this time to matters relating to the incident that is the
subject of the complaint.

2. No response need be given at this time to interrogatories and requests to
produce 9 and 15.
3. Defendants will respond to interrogatory and request to produce 18,
except that such response will be limited at this time to lawsuits
brought against any Defendant in his or her capacity as an officer of the
Detroit Police Department or other department of the City of Detroit.
4. Defendants will respond to interrogatory and request to produce 20,
except that such response will be limited at this time to those officers
present at the incident that is the subject of the complaint.
5. Defendants will respond to interrogatory and request to produce 21,
except that such response will be limited at this time to official Detroit
Police Department or City of Detroit photographs.
6. Defendants will respond to interrogatory and request to produce 32,
except that such response will be limited at this time to a list of the
applicable cases, identifying for each: the court, the proper case name,
and the docket number.
7. Defendants may limit any responses to answers and materials under a
claim of privilege or privacy right, provided that such answers and
materials will be produced either pursuant to an appropriate protective
order, or, in the alternative, identified by defendants in a timely
submitted privilege log in accordance with the applicable rules.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendants produce the withheld
answers and documents, subject to the above limitations, no later than May 4, 2013.
s/Terrence G. Berg
TERRENCE G. BERG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: April 4, 2013
Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that this Order was electronically submitted on April 4, 2013, using the
CM/ECF system, which will send notification to each party.
By: s/A. Chubb
Case Manager
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