Lane v. Clark County

Filing 79

ORDER Denying Plaintiff's 78 Motion for Production of Documents. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 09/09/2016. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - NEV)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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RANDEL LANE,
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Plaintiff,
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CLARK COUNTY,
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Defendant.
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Case No. 2:11-cv-00485-JCM-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 78)

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Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for production of documents from Kirk
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Kennedy. Docket No. 75. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is DENIED.
Plaintiff appears to be asking the Court to compel his former attorney, Kirk Kennedy, to

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communicate with him about which documents Mr. Kennedy filed in this case. See, e.g., Docket

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No. 78 at 1 (“I need a list of [sic] exhibits numbers from Kennedy that he filed in the federal
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case. I also need the affidavit he claimed he turned in after February 2012 from me to Judge
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Mahan and proof it was filed as a motion.”). The Court does not have the power to force Mr.
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Kennedy, who withdrew as Plaintiff’s attorney in a case that was closed over three years ago, to
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communicate with Plaintiff. Docket Nos. 40, 59. Moreover, if Plaintiff wishes to see which
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motions and exhibits have been filed in this case – and the Court’s responses to them – he need
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only consult the docket.
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Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s motion, Docket No. 78, is hereby
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DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: September 9, 2016
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NANCY J. KOPPE
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