Logan v. Sutton et al

Filing 40

ORDER denying Defendant's 39 Motion to Require Plaintiff to Participate in a Judicial Conference and For Sanctions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 7/29/15. (Pro se litigant served by US Mail.)(khm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:14 CV 162

BONNIE LOGAN,

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Plaintiff,
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DAVID SUTTON, et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the undersigned pursuant to Defendant’s Motion
to Require Plaintiff to Participate in a Judicial Conference and for Sanctions (#39).
In the motion, Defendants sets forth that the Plaintiff has failed to participate in the
Initial Attorneys’ Conference as required by the LCvR 16.1(A)(B) and requests the
Court enter an Order requiring Plaintiff to attend a judicial conference and that
sanctions be applied against the Plaintiff. Attached to the motion of the Defendant
is the Certificate and Report of Rule 16 Conference and Discovery Plan proposed by
Defendants (#39-2). After considering the motion of Defendants, the Court will
deny the motion of Defendants and will enter a Pretrial Order and Case Management
Plan consistent, in large part, with the requests of Defendants.

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ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Defendants’ Motion to Require
Plaintiff to Participate in a Judicial Conference and For Sanctions (#39) is, in the
discretion of the Court, DENIED. The Court will enter a Pretrial Order and Case
Management Plan consistent, in large part, with the requests of Defendants.

Signed: July 29, 2015

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