Thompson v. General Linen Supply Company

Filing 25

ORDER on Status Conference. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
WALTER THOMPSON,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 17-cv-13739
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
GENERAL LINEN SUPPLY CO.,
Defendant.
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ORDER ON STATUS CONFERENCE
On September 19, 2019, the Court held a telephonic status conference with
counsel for both parties and addressed two discovery disputes.
The first dispute related to a request/subpoena for documents that Plaintiff
purported to serve on a plant manager employed by Defendant. The plant manager
need not respond to that request/subpoena because it was not properly issued and
served. However, Plaintiff may convert the request to the plant manager into a
request for documents to Defendant under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34.
Because discovery is closed, the Court will require the form and content of Plaintiff’s
Rule 34 request to mirror the form and content of its prior request/subpoena to the
plant manager (which was purportedly served before the close of discovery). The
Court is simply allowing Plaintiff to serve the same request in the proper format –
namely, under Rule 34. Plaintiff must serve its Rule 34 request on Defendant by
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close of business on September 20, 2019. Defendant may serve timely objections,
and Plaintiff may respond with a motion to compel, if appropriate.
The second dispute related to authorizations for medical records that
Defendant asked Plaintiff to provide. Plaintiff shall provide to Defendant a full set
of properly executed authorizations by not later than September 26, 2019.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: September 19, 2019
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on September 19, 2019, by electronic means and/or
ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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