Gawronski v. Credit Management Limited Partnership

Filing 25

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge William E Duffin granting 17 Motion to Compel. Credit Management shall comply with Gawronski's discovery demands within 14 days of the date of this order. (cc: all counsel) (asc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
RICK GAWRONSKI,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 15-CV-300

CREDIT MANAGEMENT LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
Defendant.
ORDER
Currently before the court is the motion of the plaintiff, Rick Gawronski, to
compel discovery from defendant Credit Management Limited Partnership. (ECF No.
17.) On November 16, 2015, Credit Management filed a motion seeking an additional
two weeks to respond to the motion to compel. (ECF No. 23.) The court denied the
motion the same day, noting that Credit Management had failed to present good cause
in support of its requested extension. (ECF No. 24.) The court ordered Credit
Management to respond to the motion to compel “forthwith.” (ECF No. 24.)
“Forthwith” is a well-understood term in legal parlance meaning “immediately;
without delay.” Black’s Law Dictionary 769 (10th ed. 2014). It has been more than a week
and Credit Management has taken no action.

Credit Management’s “[f]ailure to file a memorandum in opposition to a motion
is sufficient cause for the Court to grant the motion. The Court also may impose
sanctions under General L. R. 83(f).” Civ. L.R. 7(d).
In light of Credit Management’s failure to respond to Gawronski’s motion to
compel, the motion to compel is granted in its entirety. Credit Management shall
comply with Gawronski’s discovery demands within 14 days of the date of this order.
Finally, if the parties are unable to come to an agreement as to Gawronski’s
reasonable expenses incurred in pursuing its motion to compel, Gawronski may, within
21 days of this order, file a motion for reasonable expenses and attorney’s fees. See Fed.
R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(A).
SO ORDERED.
Dated at Milwaukee, Wisconsin this 24th day of November, 2015.

_________________________
WILLIAM E. DUFFIN
U.S. Magistrate Judge

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