Wright v. Cam Hiltz Trucking et al

Filing 27

ORDER Regarding Plaintiff's 26 MOTION to Compel, (Response due by 8/5/2014, Motion Hearing set for 8/7/2014 @ 9:30 AM **LOCATION: FLINT, MICHIGAN** before District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith). Signed by District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith. (Goltz, D)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISON

CAROLYN WRIGHT,
Plaintiff,
CASE NO. 13-CV-14690
vs.
HON. MARK A. GOLDSMITH
CAM HILTZ TRUCKING, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL (Dkt. 26)
Plaintiff Carolyn Wright (“moving party”) has filed a motion to compel (Dkt. 26),
contending that Defendants (“non-moving parties”) have failed to provide answers to
interrogatories and have failed to respond to requests for production of documents. To facilitate
expeditious resolution of the motion, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1 and its
inherent authority, the Court modifies customary motion practice in the manner set forth below:
1. The parties shall confer in a good faith effort to resolve the issues raised by the
motion. If that effort does not resolve the motion, the non-moving parties shall serve and file a
response to the present motion to compel discovery by August 5, 2014.
2. A motion hearing is scheduled for August 7, 2014 @ 9:30 a.m. at the Federal
Courthouse, 600 Church Street, Flint, Michigan.
3.

If the non-moving parties fail to serve and file a timely response, the Court will

construe such failure as the non-moving parties’ tacit acknowledgement that there is no
opposition to the motion. The hearing will be cancelled without further notice, and the Court
will decide the motion based on the papers filed by the moving party.

4.

The Court will enforce F.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(5), which makes the award of costs,

including attorney fees, mandatory in certain circumstances.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 31, 2014
Flint, Michigan

s/Mark A. Goldsmith
MARK A. GOLDSMITH
United States District Judge
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record
and any unrepresented parties via the Court's ECF System to their respective email or First Class
U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on July 31, 2014.
s/Deborah J. Goltz
DEBORAH J. GOLTZ
Case Manager