Baytops v. Slominski et al

Filing 71

ORDER STRIKING DISCOVERY MATERIAL [ecf #70], Instructing Plaintiff and establishing service date of Discovery requests.--Signed by Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti. (MWil)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
MILTON BAYTOPS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 4:20-cv-11630
District Judge Matthew F. Leitman
Magistrate Judge Anthony P. Patti

STEVE SLOMINSKI, et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER STRIKING DISCOVERY MATERIAL (ECF No. 70),
INSTRUCTING PLAINTIFF AND ESTABLISHING SERVICE DATE OF
DISCOVERY REQUESTS
The Clerk of the Court has received and docketed what appear to be
document requests from Plaintiff to Defendants (ECF No. 70). This is discovery
material that is not to be filed with the Court except in connection with a pending
motion, during trial, attached to a Court order or by stipulation or court order for
appeal, pursuant to Local Rules 5(d)(1) and 26.2. E.D. Mich. LR 5(d)(1) and 26.2.
Accordingly, it is HEREBY STRICKEN from the record. Plaintiff is encouraged
to read the local rules just cited and is instructed to refrain from filing discovery
materials or copying the Court on discovery requests or correspondence to
Defendants, except as provided under Rule 26.2. Filing of such materials only
slows down progress on his case, as it forces the Court to review unnecessary

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material in the docket. Defendants should treat the material in question as requests
to produce under Fed. R. Civ. P. 34 and should use the filing date, August 19,
2022, as the date of service, as it is unclear from the certificate of service exactly
where Plaintiff sent these requests by mail, but clear to the Court that Defendants
had in fact been served electronically once they made it onto the docket.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 22, 2022

__________________
Anthony P. Patti
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE