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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

STEPHEN JAMES ENGLEMAN PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 05-5132

SHERIFF KEITH FERGUSON;

DEPUTY MURRAY; and KEITH

SMITH, Chief of Police, Gentry

Police Department DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On August 29, 2006, the Benton County defendants filed a motion to compel answers to

discovery requests (Doc. 33). Defendants state they propounded interrogatories and requests for

production of documents to the plaintiff on February 22, 2006. On March 20, 2006, counsel for

the Benton County defendants received a telephone call from the plaintiff and agreed to provide

the plaintiff an additional two-weeks to respond to the discovery requests. Since that time, the

Benton County defendants state they have not received plaintiff’s responses or any further

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). On March 20, 2006, the parties agreed

to an extension of time. This would have made plaintiff’s response due on April 3, 2006.

Plaintiff failed to provide the Benton County defendants with his discovery responses. 

Accordingly, the Benton County defendants’ motion to compel (Doc. 33) is granted. Plaintiff

is directed to provide defendants with the required responses to the discovery requests by 5:00

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p.m. on November 20, 2006. Plaintiff is advised that if he fails to comply with the court’s

order that the defendants may move for dismissal of this case based on the plaintiff’s failure

to prosecute the action and plaintiff’s failure to obey an order of the court.

 IT IS SO ORDERED this 2nd day of November 2006.

/s/ Beverly Stites Jones 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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