McCracken v. Merchants Credit Corporation

Filing 11

ORDER striking Plaintiff's 9 Motion to compel discovery without prejudice to refiling the motion in a manner that comports with the court's scheduling order. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JANET MCCRACKEN,
Plaintiff,

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v.

CASE NO. C17-0112JLR
ORDER STRIKING DISCOVERY
MOTION

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MERCHANTS CREDIT
CORPORATION,

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Defendant.

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Before the court is Plaintiff Janet McCracken’s motion to compel Defendant
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Merchants Credit Corporation (“Merchants”) to produce responses to Ms. McCracken’s
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request for admission and requests for the production of documents. (Mot. (Dkt. # 9).)
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Ms. McCracken filed her motion without first requesting a conference with the court.
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(See Dkt.) The motion therefore contravenes the court’s June 22, 2017, scheduling order.
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(See Sched. Order (Dkt. # 8) at 2 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b)(3)(B)(v)) (“[P]ursuant to
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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, the Court ‘direct[s] that before moving for an order
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relating to discovery, the movant must request a conference with the court’ by notifying

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[the courtroom deputy] . . . .” (second alteration in original))); see also Fed. R. Civ. P.

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16(b)(3)(B)(v) (permitting the court, in its scheduling order, to “direct that before moving

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for an order relating to discovery, the movant must request a conference with the court”).

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The court therefore STRIKES Ms. McCracken’s motion to compel discovery (Dkt. # 9)

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without prejudice to refiling the motion in a manner that comports with the court’s

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scheduling order.

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Dated this 26th day of April, 2018.

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A

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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