Collins v. First Financial Services, Inc., et al

Filing 168

ORDER TO COMPEL - IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant First Financial Services, Inc.'s Motion to Compel is hereby GRANTED and that Plaintiff Mary Ann Collins shall make initial disclosures and produce full and complete resp onses to Defendant's First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents in accordance with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26, 33, 34 and 37 within 21 days of the date of this Order. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Mary Ann Collins pay all costs and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by Defendant First Financial Services, Inc. in bringing the Motion to Compel. Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 9/19/2016. (Baker, C.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Case No.: 7:14-cv-288-FL
MARY ANN COLLINS,
Plaintiff,
v.
FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
GATEWAY FUNDING DIVERSIFIED
MORTGAGE SERVICES, L.P., DONALD N.
LANDGRAFF, GEORGIA BANKING
COMPANY, FREDDIE MAC, KYLE DILLON
SMITH, JENNIFER SANFORD PUGLIESE,
SHAWN MARIE CARNI, ELIZABETH
WEBSTER, JULIE PATEL, SANDRA S.
FADEL, FLAGSTAR BANK, and PHH
MORTGAGE,
Defendants.
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ORDER TO COMPEL

This matter came before the court on the motion of Defendant First Financial Services,
Inc., by and through counsel, for an Order compelling Plaintiff Mary Ann Collins to participate
fully in discovery in this case pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26, 33, 34 and 37,
make initial disclosures as required by the Scheduling Order and provide complete responses to
Defendant First Financial Services, Inc.’s First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for
Production of Documents; and the Court having reviewed the pleadings and documents
submitted by the parties, is hereby of the opinion that Defendant First Financial Services, Inc.’s
Motion to Compel should be granted.
The Court finds that Plaintiff Mary Ann Collins has failed to make the initial disclosures
required by the Scheduling Order and failed to provide any responses Defendant First Financial

Services, Inc.’s First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents and that
Plaintiff Mary Ann Collins should be compelled to make initial disclosures and produce full and
complete responses under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26, 33, 34 and 37 within ten (10)
days of the date of this Order.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant First
Financial Services, Inc.’s Motion to Compel is hereby GRANTED and that Plaintiff Mary Ann
Collins shall make initial disclosures and produce full and complete responses to Defendant’s
First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents in accordance with
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26, 33, 34 and 37 within 21 days of the date of this Order.
It is further ORDERED that Plaintiff Mary Ann Collins pay all costs and reasonable attorneys’
fees incurred by Defendant First Financial Services, Inc. in bringing the Motion to Compel.
19th
September
This the _____ day of _____________________, 2016.

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Hon. Louise W. Flanagan
U.S. District Judge

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