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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)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

LUIS HERNANDEZ PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 05-5194

 

SHERIFF KEITH FERGUSON;

and DR. NEIL MULLINS DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On April 13, 2007, defendants filed a motion to compel answers to discovery requests (Doc.

26). Defendants state they propounded requests for production of documents to the plaintiff on

February 2, 2007. To date, defendants state they have not received plaintiff’s responses or any

communication from the plaintiff regarding his responses.

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

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

of time to respond to the discovery requests. Therefore, plaintiff has failed to respond in the time

provided by law.

Accordingly, defendants’ motion to compel is granted. Plaintiff is directed to provide

defendants with the required responses to the discovery requests by 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2007.

Defendants also filed a motion for an extension of time (Doc. 28). Defendants indicate

they need additional time to obtain the discovery responses from the plaintiff and his medical

records before they can file their summary judgment motion. The motion for an extension of

time is granted. Defendants are given until June 16, 2007, to file their summary judgment

motion.

Once the summary judgment motion is filed, the court will prepare a questionnaire to

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assist the plaintiff in responding to the motion. For this reason, plaintiff is directed not to

respond to the motion for summary judgment until so ordered by the court.

Dated this 20th day of April 2007.

/s/ J. Marschewski 

HON. JAMES R. MARSCHEWSKI 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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