Slaughter v. White et al

Filing 99

ORDER denying Plaintiff's 87 Motion to Compel Discovery signed by Hon. James P. Donohue. **2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Ossie Slaughter, Prisoner ID: 827869) (TH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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OSSIE LEE SLAUGHTER,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. C16-1067-RSM-JPD

v.
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY

DAN WHITE, et al.,
Defendants.

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This is a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter comes before

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the Court at the present time on plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery. Defendants oppose

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plaintiff’s motion. The Court, having considered plaintiff’s motion, defendants’ response

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thereto, and the balance of the record, hereby ORDERS as follows:

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(1)

Plaintiff’s motion to compel discovery (Dkt. 87) is DENIED. Plaintiff requests in

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his motion that the Court compel defendants to provide him with discovery because, though he

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has made a diligent effort to obtain discovery, defendants have made no effort to respond to his

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requests. Defendants, in their response to plaintiff’s motion to compel, note that plaintiff has not

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yet served any discovery requests on them and they argue that plaintiff’s motion should therefore

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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY - 1

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be denied. (Dkt. 89.) Plaintiff has provided no evidence that he served any proper discovery

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requests on defendants. Accordingly, this Court agrees that plaintiff’s motion to compel must be

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denied.

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(2)

The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to plaintiff, to counsel for

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defendants, and to the Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez.

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DATED this 14th day of August, 2018.

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JAMES P. DONOHUE
United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY - 2