Smith v. Dougherty et al

Filing 37

ORDER granting Plaintiff's 35 Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Defendants' Interrogatories, signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (SWT) (cc: Plaintiff via USPS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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LISA SMITH,
Plaintiff,

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v.
MEGAN DOHTRY, et al.,

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Defendants.

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) CASE NO. C16-1818 RSM
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) ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF
) TIME TO ANSWER INTERROGATORIES
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On October 4, 2017, the Court received a letter from pro Se Plaintiff, Lisa Smith, wherein
she informed the Court that she could not answer written discovery within the required 30 days.

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Dkt. #35. The Court construed the motion as one for an extension of time to respond to discovery,
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and informed all of the parties that it would be noted for consideration on October 20, 2017. See

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Docket. Plaintiff requests a 30-day extension for two reasons: 1) English is not her first language;

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and 2) her mailing address is a post office box through a witness protection program, and her

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mail is first routed to Olympia and then confidentially re-routed to her in Whatcom County; as a

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result, her mail takes weeks to get to her. See Dkt. #35.

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Defendants have not responded to Plaintiff’s motion. Under Local Civil Rule 7(b)(2),

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“[e]xcept for motions for summary judgment, if a party fails to file papers in opposition to a

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motion, such failure may be considered by the court as an admission that the motion has merit.”

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The Court deems the failure to respond to be such an admission.
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ORDER
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Having found good cause for an extension of time, the Court hereby ORDERS:

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1. Plaintiff’s motion for extension of time to respond to Defendants’ Interrogatories

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(Dkt. #35) is GRANTED. No later than thirty (30) days from the date of this

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Order, Plaintiff shall provide her responses to Defendants’ counsel. Those

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responses SHALL NOT be filed with the Court.
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The Clerk shall send a copy of this Order to Plaintiff at PMB 6169, PO BOX 257,
Olympia, WA 98507.
DATED this 20th day of October 2017.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER
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