Murdaugh v. Trinity Highway Products, LLC

Filing 14

ORDER granting Defendants' 13 MOTION to Compel. Plaintiff is directed to provide responses to the discovery requests by June 20, 2018. Plaintiff is advised that failure to comply with the court's order may resul t in a recommendation that this case be dismissed for failure to participate in discovery and/or sanctions, including payment of Defendants' attorneys' fees and costs in preparing such motions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Shiva V Hodges on 6/6/2018. (mwal)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ORANGEBURG DIVISION
Sondra M. Murdaugh,
Plaintiff,
vs.
Trinity Highway Products, LLC,
Defendant.

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C/A No.: 5:17-3251-DCC-SVH

ORDER

This matter comes before the court on the motion [ECF No. 13] of Trinity Highway
Products, LLC (“Defendant”) to compel Sondra M. Murdaugh (“Plaintiff”) to produce
responses to Defendant’s First Set of Interrogatories and First Set of Requests for
Production (“Discovery Requests”), which are attached to Defendant’s motion at ECF No.
13-1.
The motion indicates that the Discovery Requests were first served on Plaintiff on
March 6, 2018 and were also emailed to Plaintiff’s counsel on April 16, 2018, as a
courtesy. Defendant’s motion indicates that Plaintiff has failed to respond to the Discovery
Requests. [ECF No. 13 at 2–3].
In light of the foregoing, the court grants Defendant’s motion to compel. Plaintiff is
directed to provide responses to the discovery requests by June 20, 2018. Because Plaintiff
failed to timely respond to the discovery, any and all objections are deemed waived under
Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(4). Plaintiff is advised that failure to comply with the court’s order
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may result in a recommendation that this case be dismissed for failure to participate in
discovery and/or sanctions, including payment of Defendants’ attorneys’ fees and costs in
preparing such motions.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

June 6, 2018
Columbia, South Carolina

Shiva V. Hodges
United States Magistrate Judge

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