Suhonjic v Safeco Insurance Company of America

Filing 15

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER : IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Compel (ECF No. 14 ) is DENIED without prejudice. Signed by District Judge Ronnie L. White on 11/29/2018. (KCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
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EDINA SUHONJIC,
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Plaintiff,
) No. 4:18-CV-699 RLW
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v.
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SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY
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OF AMERICA,
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Defendant.
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Defendant filed its Motion to Compel, seeking answers to Defendant's interrogatories
and production of documents. (ECF No. 14). Therein, Defendant's counsel states he sent a
letter, dated October 30, 2018, to Plaintiffs attorney in a good faith effort to resolve this
discovery dispute. Defendant advises the Court that Plaintiffs counsel has not responded to
Defendant's discovery letter.
Under this Court's local rules, "[t]he Court will not consider any motion relating to
discovery and disclosure unless it contains a statement that movant's counsel has conferred in
person or by telephone with the opposing counsel in good faith ... " E.D. Mo. L.R. 3.04

(emphasis added). Written correspondence is insufficient to satisfy this requirement for a good
faith attempt to resolve the discovery dispute. Therefore, the Court denies Defendant's Motion
to Compel without prejudice.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant's Motion to Compel (ECF No. 14) is
DENIED without prejudice.

Dated this 29th day ofNovernber, 2018.

RONNIE L. WHITE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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