Morera v. Credit Management LP

Filing 19

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge William E Duffin. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff's 15 Motion to Compel Initial Disclosures and Discovery Responses is granted. Defendant must serve upon Plaintiff's counsel its initial disclosures on or before July 24, 2015 and its responses to Plaintiff's interrogatories and requests for production of documents on or before August 27, 2015. (See Order for Details and Deadlines) (cc: all counsel) (asc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ODALYS MORERA,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 14-CV-1569

CREDIT MANAGEMENT, LP,
Defendant.
ORDER
On June 15, 2015, Plaintiff Odalys Morera moved to compel discovery from
Defendant Credit Management, LP. (ECF No. 15.) Morera seeks an order compelling
Credit Management to produce (1) initial disclosures required under Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 26(a); (2) responses to interrogatories and requests for production; and
(3) all documents and electronically stored evidence responsive to those interrogatories
and document requests. According to Civil Local Rule 7(b), Credit Management’s
response to Morera’s motion was due on or before July 6, 2015. No response was filed.
Morera’s motion will be granted.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Initial
Disclosures and Discovery Responses (ECF No. 15) is granted. Defendant must serve

upon Plaintiff’s counsel its initial disclosures on or before July

24, 2015 and its

responses to Plaintiff’s interrogatories and requests for production of documents on or
before August 27, 2015.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
37(a)(5)(A) that Plaintiff is awarded reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees,
incurred in making and presenting the motion to compel. Plaintiff must submit to
Defendant no later than July 27, 2015, a statement of her reasonable expenses. The
parties must undertake a good faith effort to agree upon the reasonable expenses. Such
payment must be made within fourteen (14) days after the parties’ agreement. In the
event the parties are unable to agree upon the reasonable expenses, Plaintiff may file no
later than August 10, 2015, a petition for her reasonable expenses accompanied with a
statement of the reasonable hours spent by her attorney and the reasonable billable rate
of that attorney; the defendant may respond no later than August 17, 2015.
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 13th day of July, 2015.

WILLIAM E. DUFFIN
U.S. Magistrate Judge

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