Stephens v. Fredrickson et al

Filing 82

ORDER granting plaintiff's 74 Motion to Compel Discovery; and granting plaintiff's 76 Motion for Extension of Time for Discovery and Dispositive Motions. All discovery shall be completed by 01/03/14 and all dispositive motions filed no later than 01/31/14. A copy of this Order has been mailed to plaintiff today. Signed by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler.(GB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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Plaintiff,
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TODD FREDRICKSON, et al.,
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LEAD CASE NO. C12-1067-RAJ-MAT

ORDER RE: PENDING MOTIONS

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Plaintiff proceeds pro se in this civil rights action. Now before the Court is plaintiff’s

16 Motion to Compel Electronic Recording of Depositions (Dkt. 74) and Motion to Enlarge Time
17 for Discovery and Dispositive Motions (Dkt. 76). Having considered the motions, defendants’
18 responses, and the remainder of the record, the Court does hereby find and ORDER as follows:
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Plaintiff seeks an order compelling the electronic recording of depositions.

20 (Dkt. 74.) Defendants set forth a variety of objections to plaintiff’s request to conduct
21 depositions, both in the manner requested and as a general matter, none of which merit
22 substantial discussion. It suffices to say that the Court finds the request to conduct a total of
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01 three to four depositions (see Dkt. 79 at 3) entirely reasonable. Plaintiff’s motion to compel
02 depositions (Dkt. 74) is, accordingly, GRANTED. The Court, however, declines to delineate
03 the precise time, manner, and/or location in which the depositions should occur. Instead, as
04 suggested by plaintiff (see Dkt. 76 at 1-2), the Court ORDERS the parties to promptly meet and
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The Court previously set a November 1, 2013 deadline for the completion of

08 discovery in this matter and a December 6, 2013 deadline for the filing of dispositive motions.
09 Given the above, the Court finds an extension of those deadlines necessary. Accordingly,
10 plaintiff’s Motion to Enlarge Time for Discovery and Dispositive Motions (Dkt. 76) is
11 GRANTED. 1 All discovery in this matter shall be completed by January 3, 2014, and all
12 dispositive motions shall be filed by January 31, 2014. The directions contained in the
13 Court’s September 19, 2012 Order Regarding Pretrial Preparations (Dkt. 23) otherwise remain
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Order to the parties and to the Hon.

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DATED this 19th day of November, 2013.

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Mary Alice Theiler
Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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1 Plaintiff’s request for costs, attorney fees, and sanctions against counsel for defendants (Dkt.
80 at 3) is DENIED. While not finding defendants’ arguments in opposition to the pending motions
22 persuasive, the Court does not find a sufficient basis for concluding that counsel for defendants has not
acted in good faith in relation to discovery.

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