Brown v. Haider et al

Filing 96

ORDER Granting Plaintiff's 95 MOTION for an Extension of Time to File Objections to 94 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. (Objections to Report & Recommendation due by 8/5/2024.) Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HRya)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DAVID BROWN,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 21-cv-11565
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
DONALD HAIDERER,

Defendants.
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION
OF TIME TO FILE OBJECTIONS TO
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (ECF No. 95)
Plaintiff David Brown is a state prisoner currently in the custody of the
Michigan Department of Corrections. In this civil-rights action, Brown alleges that
he received inadequate medical treatment while he was incarcerated in the Saginaw
Correctional Facility in 2021. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.)
The sole remaining defendant in this action is Defendant Donald Haiderer.
On February 20, 2024, Haiderer moved for summary judgment. (See Mot., ECF No.
89.) The motion was referred to the assigned Magistrate Judge, and on June 17,
2024, the Magistrate Judge issued a report and recommendation in which she
recommended that the Court grant Haiderer’s motion (the “R&R”). (See R&R, ECF
No. 94.) At the conclusion of the R&R, the Magistrate Judge informed the parties

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that if they wanted to file objections to the R&R, they needed to do so within fourteen
days. (See id., PageID.915-916.)
On June 27, 2024, Brown filed a motion in which he asked for additional time
to file his objections to the R&R. (See Mot., ECF No. 95.) Brown explained that he
was “only recently able to obtain the assistance of an inmate legal writer” and that
that person “need[ed] some time to become familiar with this [case] to properly
prepare [Brown’s] objections to the R&R.” (Id., PageID.918.)
The Court has reviewed Brown’s motion and, for the reasons explained in the
motion, it concludes that a short extension of time to file objections to the R&R is
appropriate here. Accordingly, Brown’s motion for an extension of time (ECF No.
95) is GRANTED. Brown shall file his objections to the R&R by no later than
August 5, 2024.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: July 16, 2024
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties
and/or counsel of record on July 16, 2024, by electronic means and/or ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Ryan
Case Manager
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