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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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AO72A

(Rev. 8/82)

-1-

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

TOMMIE JARED LOWDER PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 06-5031

SHERIFF TIM HELDER;

DEPUTY FOSTER; DEPUTY

WHITMILL; DEPUTY BALL;

and DEPUTY GOODHEART DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On November 27, 2006, plaintiff filed a motion to compel answers to discovery requests (Doc.

37). Plaintiff states he propounded his first set of interrogatories (consisting of one interrogatory) to the

defendants on July 26, 2006. To date, plaintiff states he has not received defendants’ response or any

communication from the defendants regarding their response. Defendants have not responded to the

motion to compel.

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, defendants had thirty (30) days to respond to

the discovery requests. Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(b)(3) & 34(b). Defendants did not request an extension

of time to respond to the discovery requests. Therefore, defendants have failed to respond in the

time provided by law.

Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to compel is granted. Defendants are directed to provide

plaintiff with the required response to the discovery request by 5:00 p.m. on December 29, 2006.

DATED this 18th day of December 2006.

/s/ Beverly Stites Jones 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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