Gordon v. Impulse Marketing Group Inc

Filing 237

MEMORANDUM in Support re 235 First MOTION to Compel Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Discovery and for Sanctions filed by Impulse Marketing Group Inc. (Ivey, Floyd)

Gordon v. Impulse Marketing Group Inc

Doc. 237

Case 2:04-cv-05125-FVS

Document 237

Filed 02/21/2006

FLOYD E. IVEY Liebler, Ivey, Connor, Berry & St. Hilaire 2 P. O. Box 6125 Kennewick, WA 99336-0125 3 5 0 9 -7 3 5 -3 5 8 1 Attorneys for Defendant 4 Impulse Marketing Group, Inc. and Third Party Plaintiff
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Klein, Zelman, Rothermel, & Dichter, L.L.P. By: Sean Moynihan, Esq.; Peter Glantz 485 Madison Avenue 7 New York, New York 10022 Telephone Number [phone] 8 Facsimile Number [phone] Attorneys for Defendant 9 Impulse Marketing Group, Inc. and Third Party Plaintiff
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DOUGLAS E. MCKINLEY, JR. Attorney At Law P.O. Box 202 Richland, Washington 99352 12 509-628-0809 Fax [phone] Attorney for Plaintiff
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LIEBLER, IVEY, CONNOR, BERRY & ST. HILAIRE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON ) ) ) Pl a i n t i f f , ) vs. ) ) IMPULSE MARKETING GROUP, ) INC., ) ) Defendant ______________________________ ) ) ) IMPULSE MARKETING GROUP, INC., ) ) ) Third-Party Plaintiff, ) vs. ) ) BONNIE GORDON, et al., ) ) Third-Party Defendants. JAMES S. GORDON, JR., No. CV-04-5125-FVS DEFENDANT'S MEMORANDUM IM SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL AND FOR SANCTIONS

Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 6125 Kennewick, Washington 99336-0125 [phone]

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Case 2:04-cv-05125-FVS

Document 237

Filed 02/21/2006

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The Defendant has filed its Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Response to Defendant's Discovery served on Plaintiff December 6, 2005. Counsel for Plaintiff advises that he will withdraw and or that other counsel will substitute and that such should have been accomplished by Friday, February 17, 2006. There has been no substitution and no response by counsel to the request for conference. Defendant's Motion to Compel is pursuant to FRCP 37(a)(2). Counsel for Defendant certifies that a good faith attempt has been made to confer with Plaintiff's counsel. Defendant has sent a request for a conference pursuant to LR 37.1 to Plaintiff attorney Mr. McKinley, by fax and email, on February 14, 2006, a copy of which is annexed hereto. Plaintiff's counsel has not further responded. Defendant asks the Court to award Sanctions per FRCP 37(a)(4). Freeman v. San Diego Ass'n of Realtors 322 F.3d 1133, 1156 (C.A.9 Cal. 2003). Discovery Cutoff is April 3, 2006. DATED this 21st day of February, 2006. LIEBLER, IVEY, CONNOR, BERRY & ST. HILAIRE

By s/ Floyd E. Ivey FLOYD E. IVEY, WSBA#6888 Attorneys for Defendant

I hereby certify that on February 21, 2006, I electronically filed Defendant's Memorandum in Support of Motion to Compel with the Clerk of 24 the Court using the CM/ECF System which will send notification of such filing to Douglas E. McKinley, Jr., Peter J. Glantz and Sean A. Moynihan. I hereby certify 25 that I have served the foregoing to the following non-CM/ECF participants by other means: Bonnie Gordon, Jonathan Gordon, James S. Gordon, III, Robert 26 Pritchett, Jamila Gordon and Emily Abbey.
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LIEBLER, IVEY, CONNOR, BERRY & ST. HILAIRE

S/ FLOYD E. IVEY FLOYD E. IVEY

Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 6125 Kennewick, Washington 99336-0125 [phone]