EVANS et al v. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY OF et al

Filing 70

RESPONSE in Opposition re 67 MOTION to Compel Rule 26(f) Conference DEFENDANT MEEHAN'S JOINDER IN DEFENDANTS DNA SECURITY, INC. AND RICHARD CLARK'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL DEFENDANTS TO CONFER UNDER RULE 26(f) filed by BRIAN MEEHAN. Replies due by 8/4/2008. (DICKINSON, PAUL)

E V A N S et al v. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, CITY OF et al

D o c . 70

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA C I V I L ACTION NO. 1:07-CV-00739 D A V I D F. EVANS, et al., P l a i n t if fs , v. T H E CITY OF DURHAM, N O R T H CAROLINA, et al., D e f e n d a n t s. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

D E F E N D A N T BRIAN MEEHAN'S JOINDER IN D E F E N D A N T S DNA SECURITY, INC. AND RICHARD CLARK'S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL DEFENDANTS TO CONFER UNDER RULE 26(f)

C O M E S NOW defendant Brian Meehan ("Meehan") and hereby joins in and adopts b y reference the Response of Defendants DNA Security, Inc. and Richard Clark (C o llec tiv e ly, "DSI") to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Defendants to Confer Under Rule 2 6 (f). At the time of the events alleged in the Complaint, Meehan was the Laboratory D ire c to r for Defendant DNA Security, Inc. ("DSI"), the DNA testing laboratory retained by th e State of North Carolina. Accordingly, the legal arguments set forth in DSI's Response, w h ic h refer to Meehan and DSI collectively as "the DSI Defendants," apply with equal force to Meehan. A f te r having read and considered each legal argument raised in DSI's Response and in order to avoid burdening the Court with repetitious and duplicative legal memoranda,

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M e e h a n adopts by reference DSI's Response pursuant to Rule 10 (c) , Fed. R. Civ. P. See a ls o , 5A C. Wright & A. Miller, Federal Practice & Procedure 1326 (3d ed.2007). For the re a so n s set forth therein, Meehan respectfully requests that Plaintiffs' motion be denied. R e s p e c tf u lly submitted, this the 17th day of July, 2008. L E W IS & ROBERTS, PLLC

s / J a m e s A. Roberts, III James A. Roberts, III N .C . State Bar No. 10495 E -m a il: [e-mail] 3 7 0 0 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 410 R a le ig h , NC 27612 T e le p h o n e : 919-981-0191 F a c sim ile : 919-981-0199

s /P a u l R. Dickinson, Jr. Paul R. Dickinson, Jr. N .C . State Bar No. 20510 E -m a il: [e-mail] 5 9 6 0 Fairview Road, Suite 102 C h a rlo tte , NC 28210 T e le p h o n e : 7 0 4 - 3 4 7 - 8 9 9 0 F a c sim ile : 704-347-8929 Attorneys for Defendant Brian Meehan

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CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC FILING AND SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that, pursuant to Rule 5 of the Rules of Civil Procedure and LR5.3 and LR5.4, MDNC, I electronically filed the foregoing Defendant Brian Meehan's Joinder in Defendants DNA Security, Inc. and Richard Clark's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Defendants to Confer Under Rule 26(f) with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which system will automatically generate and send Notification of Electronic Filing (NEF) to the undersigned filing user and registered users of record, and that the Court's electronic records show that each party to this action is represented by at least one registered user of record, to each of whom the NEF will be transmitted, except that with respect to the following parties, a copy is being transmitted via first class mail to the following non CM/ECF participants: Barry C. Scheck, Esq. 100 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 Richard D. Emery, Esq. Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, LLP 75 Rockefeller Plaza, 20th Floor New York, NY 10019 Attorneys for Plaintiff Reade Seligmann Roger E. Warin, Esq. Steptoe & Johnson, LLP 1330 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 Attorney for Defendant City of Durham, NC Linwood Wilson 6910 Innesbrook Way Bahama, NC 27503-9700 Defendant Pro Se

R e sp e c tf u lly submitted,

L E W IS & ROBERTS, PLLC s /P a u l R. Dickinson, Jr. Paul R. Dickinson, Jr. N .C . State Bar No. 20510 E m a il: [e-mail] 5 9 6 0 Fairview Road, Suite 102 C h a rlo tte , NC 28210 T e le p h o n e : 7 0 4 - 3 4 7 - 8 9 9 0 F a c sim ile : 704-347-8929 Attorneys for Defendant Brian Meehan