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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 23:134 P.I.- Auto Negligence

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Because counsel for the parties maintain their principal offices in cities that are 1

more than 150 miles apart, the court suspends the usual requirement that counsel meet

face-to-face and finds that, pursuant to FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 26(c) and

37(a)(2)(B) and ¶5 of the General Order of this court entered on 22 November 1993, the

defendant has certified its good faith attempts to resolve the dispute before seeking the

court’s intervention. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

WILLIAM D. BOWDEN, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:06CV665-WHA

) [WO]

MISSION PETROLEUM CARRIERS, )

et al., )

)

Defendants. )

ORDER ON MOTION

Upon consideration of the defendant’s Motion to Compel responses to its First Set of

Interrogatories and Request for Production , filed on 26 September 2006 (Doc. # 11), and for

good cause, it is

ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED. The discovery requests, to which the 1

plaintiff has failed to respond, were propounded to the plaintiff on or about 20 June and are

now more than 60 days overdue. Accordingly, it is further ORDERED as follows:

1. On or before 6 October 2006, the plaintiff shall serve his complete responses

upon counsel for the defendant. The responses to interrogatories and

production requests must be provided “separately and fully in writing under

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oath”, FED. R. CIV. PRO. 33(b)(1), and the answers to interrogatories shall be

“signed by the person making them”. FED. R. CIV. PRO. 33(b)(2).

2. On or before 9 October 2006, the defendant shall file a Notice with the Clerk

of the court, attesting to the plaintiff’s compliance or non-compliance with this

order.

3. Objections to the defendant’s discovery requests are now untimely, since they

were not served within 30 days of the plaintiff’s receipt of the requests. Thus,

objections are waived. FED. R. CIV. PRO. 33(b)(4).

DONE this 29 day of September, 2006. th

/s/ Vanzetta Penn McPherson

VANZETTA PENN MCPHERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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