Patel v. Patel et al

Filing 102

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan on 02/26/2016. (jlan)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division

SHRADDHA PATEL,
Plaintiff,
v.
KIRIT PATEL, et al.,
Defendants.

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Civ. No. 1:15cv598

MEMORANDUM OPINION
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Defendant Atul
Patel’s Motion to Compel Plaintiff’s Shraddha Patel Responses
and Objections to Defendant’s Atul Patel First Set of Request
for Production of Documents (Dkt. 83) and Defendant Nina Patel’s
Motion to Compel Plaintiff’s Shraddha Patel Responses and
Objections to Defendant’s Nina Patel First Set of Request for
Production of Documents (Dkt. 86).
The undersigned has reviewed all of the pleadings. Because
plaintiff’s objections were filed nearly 30 days late, the
objections are all hereby stricken. Parties must fully respond
to all discovery requests at the time the responses are due.
There is a duty to supplement with any after-discovered
information, but that duty does not mean that the party
responsible for answering the discovery may produce the full and
complete responses at any time they wish. Failure to provide

complete responses within 30 days as required by the Rules is
unacceptable and a violation of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure.
Further, it is hereby ordered that the Requests for
Production of Documents shall be answered completely and,
because all objections were stricken as untimely, plaintiff must
produce responses without redaction or withholding, except as to
plaintiff’s current home address. Plaintiff must also identify
specifically by Bates number which documents are responsive to
which request. Further, plaintiff must identify which, if any,
of the audio and video files were made by the Arlington County
Police. Plaintiff must also obtain and produce medical bills and
all records relating to her claim for damages. Further,
plaintiff must produce medical records or produce signed medical
releases as to all of her medical providers who treated her with
regard to the Requests for Production of Documents.
Plaintiff must produce all responses and documents within
eleven (11) days of this Order.
Further, defendants Atul and Nina Patel are instructed to
submit a statement of fees and costs incurred in connection with
bringing these Motions.
An appropriate order shall issue.

/s/
THERESA CARROLL BUCHANAN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
February 26, 2016
Alexandria, Virginia