Baker v. Grant et al

Filing 64

ORDER granting plaintiff's 50 Motion to Compel; denying plaintiff's 54 Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, signed by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler.**2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Jamall Baker, Prisoner ID: 338926)(SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JAMALL BAKER,

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Case No. C17-1678-RSL-MAT

Plaintiff,

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ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS
TO COMPEL DISCOVERY AND FOR
AN EXTENSION OF TIME

v.
JERALD GRANT, et al.,
Defendants.

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This is a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner civil rights action. Plaintiff has two motions currently

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pending: a motion to compel defendants to provide the original signature page to Defendant

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Neely’s discovery responses (Dkt. 50), and a motion for an extension of time to respond to

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defendants’ motion for summary judgment asserting that plaintiff failed to exhaust his

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administrative remedies (Dkt. 54).

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considered the parties’ submissions, the balance of the record, and the governing law, the Court

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finds and ORDERS:

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(1)

Defendants have responded to both motions.

Having

Plaintiff’s motion to compel (Dkt. 50) is GRANTED. Defendants indicate in their

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response that they will provide Defendant Neely’s original signature page when they receive it.

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(Dkt. 56.) If they have not done so already, defendants shall provide the original signature page
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO
COMPEL DISCOVERY AND FOR AN
EXTENSION OF TIME - 1

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to plaintiff within 21 days of the date of this Order.
Plaintiff is reminded that he must attempt to meet and confer with counsel for defendants

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before bringing any future discovery-related motion.

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requirement when he filed his motion only six days after defendants received his letter requesting

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the signature page.

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(2)

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Plaintiff did not comply with this

Plaintiff’s motion for an extension of time (Dkt. 54) is DENIED as moot because

plaintiff already has filed his response to defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Dkt. 58).

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(3)

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Robert S. Lasnik.

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The Clerk is directed to send copies of this order to the parties and to the Honorable

Dated this 16th day of October, 2018.

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Mary Alice Theiler
United States Magistrate Judge

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ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO
COMPEL DISCOVERY AND FOR AN
EXTENSION OF TIME - 2