Ward v. Blackwell et al

Filing 67

ORDER: Plaintiff has seven days from the date of this Order to submit to the court any evidence indicating that he served the discovery requests at issue on Defendant Blackwell and/or Defendant Ravenell. Response due December 19, 2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge Thomas E Rogers, III on 12/11/2017. (dsto, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
FLORENCE DIVISION
MATTHEW J. WARD,

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Plaintiff,
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JAMES BLACKWELL, Asst. Warden;
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TAMARA RAVENELL, Classification;
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and JACEK KICINSKI, Officer;
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Defendants.
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Civil Action No.: 4:17-cv-0367-HMH-TER

ORDER

Plaintiff has filed a Motion to Compel (Docket Entry # 53) Defendants Blackwell, Ravenell,
and Kicinski to respond to his requests for production 1-4 and 8-10. Defendants filed a response in
opposition to Plaintiff’s motion stating that Plaintiff’s discovery requests were directed only toward
Kicinski and, thus, his objections to each of the requests at issue were appropriate because he is no
longer employed by the South Carolina Department of Corrections and none of the requested
documents were within his possession, custody or control. Defendants assert that Plaintiff did not
serve any discovery requests on Blackwell or Ravenell.
Plaintiff has seven days from the date of this order to submit to the court any evidence
indicating that he served the discovery requests at issue on Defendant Blackwell and/or
Defendant Ravenell.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Thomas E. Rogers, III
Thomas E. Rogers, III
United States Magistrate Judge
December 11, 2017
Florence, South Carolina