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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Scott Huminski, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

Mercy Gilbert Medical Center; Dignity

Health; Tim Bricker; Gregory Berman;

Gary Petersen; Jon Stevenson; Six

Unnamed Employees of Mercy Gilbert

Hospital/Dignity Health; Town of Gilbert;

Tim Dorn; Debra Hartin, 

Defendants. 

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CV 12-01437-PHX-FJM

ORDER

The court has before it plaintiff's motion for order allowing pre-lawsuit discovery to

identify defendants (doc. 4). Plaintiff, appearing pro se, alleges that he was violently

attacked and detained by Mercy Gilbert hospital staff after he refused treatment and

attempted to leave the hospital. Plaintiff requests a court order requiring Mercy Gilbert and

Dignity Health to answer interrogatories and produce documents in order to "determine

additional defendants in this lawsuit." Mot. at 1.

Parties may not seek discovery "before the parties have conferred as required by Rule

26(f), except . . . when authorized by these rules, by stipulation, or by court order." Rule

26(d)(1), Fed. R. Civ. P. This action was filed on July 3, 2012. There is no indication that

any defendants have even been served, let alone that the parties have conferred in accordance

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with Rule 26(f), Fed. R. Civ. P. Plaintiff's request for discovery is premature.

IT IS ORDERED DENYING plaintiff's motion for order allowing pre-lawsuit

discovery to identify defendants (doc. 4).

Plaintiff is encouraged to seek the advice of a lawyer. If he does not have one, he may

wish to contact the Lawyer Referral Service of the Maricopa County Bar Association at 602-

257-4434.

DATED this 10th day of July, 2012.

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