Townsend v. Corrections Corporation of America

Filing 58

ORDER granting 56 Motion for Leave to File Reply to Response to Motion to Compel and Extend Discovery Deadline. Signed by Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles on 4/12/10. (dt)

ORDER: Motion granted. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION JACKIE TOWNSEND, Mother and Next of Kin of GERALD TOWNSEND, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, ANTHONY BOWLES, TAMMY BROWN, SEAN BURNETT, ELLERY CUNNINGHAM, DARREN DOUGLAS, LEONARD GARDNER, and ALICE LEWIS, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

U.S. Magistrate Judge

Civil Action No. 3:08-0697 Judge Nixon Magistrate Judge Knowles

Jury Demand

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND EXTEND DISCOVERY DEADLINE

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, Jackie Townsend, Mother and Next of Kin of Gerald Townsend, Deceased ("Ms. Townsend"), by and through the undersigned, pursuant to LR 7.01(b), and respectfully requests permission to file a Reply to the Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion to Compel and Extend Discovery Deadline. (Defts.' Resp. Opp. Mot. Comp., D.E. 55.) A copy of the proposed Reply is attached hereto as Exhibit 1. The foundation of this Motion is that the discovery dispute before bar contemplates undeniably important evidentiary issues, and the principles of equity insist that Ms. Townsend be permitted to address the need for the relief sought in the underlying Motion. Likewise, granting Ms. Townsend leave to file the attached Reply

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