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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Kathy Grismore, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

United Recovery Systems, L.P., 

Defendant. 

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No. CV 05-2094-PHX-JAT

ORDER

Pending before this Court is Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, which was

filed 2 days after Defendant answered. The Court has not yet held a scheduling conference.

In response to the motion for summary judgment, Defendant has moved for an extension of

time, pursuant to Rule 56(f), to allow discovery to be completed before the Court considers

Plaintiff’s dispositive motion.

Generally the Court will not grant a motion for summary judgment before discovery

can be completed. See generally FED.R.CIV.P. 56(f); Thi-Hawaii, Inc. v. First Commerce

Financial Corp., 627 F.2d 991, 994 (9th Cir. 1980). In particular, if a summary judgment

motion is filed so early in the case that a party has not had any realistic opportunity to pursue

discovery, any Rule 56(f) motion should be granted “fairly freely.” Burlington Northern

Santa Fe R&R, Co. v. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, 323 F.3d 767, 773-74 (9th Cir. 2003)

(noting that the Supreme Court has interpreted Rule 56(f) as requiring the district court to

allow discovery, rather than permitting the district court to allow discovery).

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In this case, discovery has not yet begun. Therefore, relief pursuant to Rule 56(f) is

appropriate. Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Continuance pursuant to Rule 56(f)

is granted as follows: Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. #6) is denied without

prejudice to re-file after the close of discovery (but within the dispositive motion deadline

to be set at the Rule 16 scheduling conference on October 24, 2005).

DATED this 7th day of October, 2005.

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