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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

RONNIE KEYES PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 05-5121

 

DR. HOWARD; NURSE

SUSAN JOHNSON; and

NURSE RHONDA BRADLEY DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On January 18, 2006, defendants filed a motion to compel answers to discovery requests

(Doc. 21). Defendants state they propounded interrogatories and requests for production of

documents to the plaintiff on October 19, 2005. 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 February 6,

2006. 

By order entered on November 14, 2005 (Doc. 19), defendants were directed to file a

motion for summary judgment on or before January 23, 2006. In their motion to compel,

defendants indicate they cannot file the summary judgment motion until they receive the discovery

responses from the plaintiff. For this reason, defendants are given until March 6, 2006, to file their

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summary judgment motion. The court will assist the plaintiff in responding to the summary

judgment motion by preparing a questionnaire. Accordingly, plaintiff should not to respond to the

summary judgment motion until directed to do so by the court.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 20th day of January 2006.

/s/ Beverly Stites Jones 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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