Robinson v. Wheeler et al

Filing 26

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 13 Motion for Discovery; granting in part and denying in part 18 Motion to Stay. Signed by Magistrate Judge Jane M. Virden on 9/22/15. (ncb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
GREENVILLE DIVISION
ANTHONY MARTEL ROBINSON
VS.

PLAINTIFF
CIVIL ACTION NO.: 4:15-cv-104-DMB-JMV
DEFENDANTS

ZACKERY WHEELER, WHEELER SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES, INC., and 1 WHEELER TRUCKING
COMPANY, LLC
ORDER

Before the Court are Plaintiff’s Amended Motion for Discovery and For Additional Time
to Respond [13] and Plaintiff’s Motion to Stay Pending the Court’s Ruling on Remand [18].
Consistent with the Court’s ruling from the bench today during a hearing held on these motions,
it is
ORDERED:
1.

Plaintiff shall be allowed forty-five (45) days to conduct the following limited
discovery related to Defendant 1 Wheeler Trucking Company, LLC’s
(“Defendant LLC”) personal jurisdiction defense:
a. Within seven (7) days of this date, Plaintiff may propound as many as
five (5) requests for production, five (5) interrogatories, and five (5)
requests for admission. Defendant LLC’s discovery responses will be
due thirty (30) days after service of Plaintiff’s written discovery.
b. Plaintiff may take the 30(b)(6) deposition of Defendant LLC, which
deposition will be limited to two (2) hours.

2.

Plaintiff’s response to Defendant LLC’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of
Personal Jurisdiction and Improper Venue [9] will be due fourteen (14) days
after the close of the forty-five-day discovery period, and Defendant LLC’s
reply seven (7) days thereafter.

3. Responses to remaining Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [14] and to Plaintiff’s
Amended Motion to Remand [20], along with corresponding replies, are due
within the normal course as provided by the local rules of this Court.
4. All other proceedings are stayed until further order of the Court.
This, the 22nd day of September, 2015.

/s/ Jane M. Virden
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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