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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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

EL DORADO DIVISION

BRIAN ELLIOT CHARLES PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 06-1008

 

CLAVEDEE DAVIS; LT. JANET 

DELANEY; MONROE HIGHT; SHERIFF

CALVIN KNIGHTON; NURSE

PAULA MANESS; OFFICER NILSON;

JASHON PYE; CAPTAIN VICTOR

REYNOLDS; and JOHN SMITH

DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On October 5, 2006, defendants filed a motion to compel answers to discovery requests

(Doc. 30). Defendants state they propounded interrogatories and requests for production of

documents to the plaintiff on July 17, 2006. To date, defendants state they have not received

plaintiff’s 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 November 10,

2006.

Defendants also filed a motion for an extension of time to file their court ordered

summary judgment on October 5, 2006 (Doc. 32). In their motion for an extension of time,

defendants indicate they need the discovery responses from the plaintiff in order to prepare their

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summary judgment motion. 

The motion for an extension of time is granted. Defendants are given until December

8, 2006, to file their summary judgment motion. Once the summary judgment motion is filed,

the court will prepare a questionnaire to 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.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 30th day of October 2006.

/s/ Harry F. Barnes 

HON. HARRY F. BARNES 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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