Bowersock v. Financial Assistance, Inc.

Filing 13

ORDER Granting 11 Plaintiff's Motion to Compel signed by Hon. Brian A Tsuchida. Defendant shall send its responses to Plaintiff by January 4, 2019. (KMP)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ROBERT BOWERSOCK,
Plaintiff,

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO COMPEL

v.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, INC,
Defendant.

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CASE NO. 2:18-cv-00307-BAT

On November 30, 2018, Plaintiff Robert Bowersock filed a motion to compel Defendant

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Financial Assistance, Inc. to respond to his requests for production and for admission. Dkt. 11;

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Dkt. 12, Ex. A. Defendant has filed no reply to the motion nor has it filed objections to the

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discovery requests.

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Plaintiff sent the written discovery requests to Defendant on September 9, 2018, and

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despite several follow-ups with Defendant, had not received responses at the time of filing his

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motion to compel. In their last communication on November 30, 2018, Defendant assured

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Plaintiff that its responses would be sent the following week. Dkt. 11, 12. It is not known at this

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time, whether Defendant has sent its responses to Plaintiff.

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Plaintiff also requests that Defendant pay his reasonable expenses including attorney’s
fees, incurred in bringing the motion to compel pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(A). Plaintiff

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may submit a motion for fees and expenses, which the Court will consider.

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Accordingly, it is ORDERED:

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Plaintiff’s motion to compel (Dkt. 11) is GRANTED;

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2)

If it has not already done so, Defendant Financial Assistance, Inc. shall send its

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responses to Plaintiff’s Requests for Production and Requests for Admission by January 4,

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2019. If Plaintiff fails to do so, the Court may issue further just orders. See Fed. R. Civ P.

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37(b)(2).

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DATED this 26th day of December, 2018.

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BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA
Chief United States Magistrate Judge

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