LeBlanc v. Sunset Management, Inc. et al

Filing 18

ORDER granting 17 MOTION to Compel (in 3:16-cv-00578-SVH) and granting 17 MOTION to Compel (in 3:16-cv-00577-SVH, 17 in 3:16-cv-00578-SVH). Signed by Magistrate Judge Shiva V Hodges on 8/18/2016. Associated Cases: 3:16-cv-00577-SVH, 3:16-cv-00578-SVH(mwal)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
Beverly LeBlanc,
Plaintiff,

C/A No. 3:16-577-SVH

v.
Sunset Management, Inc., and Wayne
Greene,
Defendants.
Laressa B. Brantley,
Plaintiff,

C/A No.: 3:16-578-SVH

v.
Sunset Management, Inc., and Wayne
Greene,
Defendants.
This matter comes before the court on the motions of Sunset Management, Inc.
and Wayne Greene (“Defendants”) to compel Beverly LeBlanc and Laressa B. Brantley
(“Plaintiffs”) to produce responses to Defendants’ First Set of Interrogatories and First
Set of Requests for Production served on May 23, 2016. [ECF No. 17]. The motion
indicates that the discovery requests were duly served and that full and complete
responses have not been made within the time prescribed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 26. Plaintiffs’
deadline to respond to the discovery requests, after several extensions, was July 28, 2016.
Id. Defense counsel represents that Plaintiffs has not answered or responded to the
discovery requests. Id.
In light of the foregoing, the court grants Defendant’s motion to compel. Plaintiff
is directed to provide responses to the discovery requests by September 1, 2016. Because

Plaintiff failed to timely respond to the discovery, any and all objections are deemed
waived under Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(4). If Plaintiffs fail to provide the responses as
directed herein, the court will grant a request for fees and costs by Defendants through a
motion accompanied by an affidavit setting out the time expended in connection with the
motion to compel and the hourly rate that the client has been billed.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

August 18, 2016
Columbia, South Carolina

Shiva V. Hodges
United States Magistrate Judge

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