Brown El v. Skeen et al

Filing 32

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - This matter is before the Court on Defendants' Statement of Fees [ECF No. 30] and Defendants Request to Amend Scheduling Order [ECF No. 31]. Plaintiff failed to appear for a deposition scheduled on June 21, 2016. Defend ants filed a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute, which the Court denied. In the Memorandum and Order denying the Motion to Dismiss, the Court ordered Defendants to file a statement of fees incurred for attending the deposition and ordered Plaintiff to compensate Defendants and the court reporter for his failure to appear. Plaintiff is ordered to pay, within twenty days of this order, $136.12 to the Missouri Attorney Generals Office, P.O. Box 861, St. Louis, Missouri, 63188. Fu rther, Plaintiff is notified failure to appear for a deposition in the future may result in further sanctions and dismissal of this matter. Defendants' Request to Amend Scheduling Order is granted. The following deadlines will be entered in th is matter: (1) All discovery must be completed by September 19, 2016; (2) Any motions for summary judgment must be filed no later than October 18, 2016; (3) Opposition briefs must be filed no later than November 15, 2016, and (4) Any reply briefs must be filed no later than November 29, 2016. Signed by District Judge E. Richard Webber on September 13, 2016. (MCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
KEITH BROWN EL,
Plaintiff(s),
v.
MELVIN SKEEN, et al.,
Defendant(s).

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No. 4:15CV1089 ERW

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Statement of Fees [ECF No. 30] and
Defendants’ Request to Amend Scheduling Order [ECF No. 31]. Plaintiff failed to appear for a
deposition scheduled on June 21, 2016. Defendants’ filed a Motion to Dismiss for Failure to
Prosecute, which the Court denied. In the Memorandum and Order denying the Motion to Dismiss,
the Court ordered Defendants to file a statement of fees incurred for attending the deposition and
ordered Plaintiff to compensate Defendants and the court reporter for his failure to appear.
Plaintiff is ordered to pay, within twenty days of this order, $136.12 to the Missouri Attorney
General’s Office, P.O. Box 861, St. Louis, Missouri, 63188. Further, Plaintiff is notified failure to
appear for a deposition in the future may result in further sanctions and dismissal of this matter.

Defendants’ Request to Amend Scheduling Order is granted. The following deadlines will be
entered in this matter:
(1) All discovery must be completed by September 19, 2016;
(2) Any motions for summary judgment must be filed no later than October 18, 2016;
(3) Opposition briefs must be filed no later than November 15, 2016, and
(4) Any reply briefs must be filed no later than November 29, 2016.
So Ordered this 13th day of September, 2016.

E. RICHARD WEBBER
SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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