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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

DONALD SIMMONS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CASE NO. 2:04-CV-783-F

) (WO)

STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT )

OF CORRECTIONS, et al., )

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Defendants. )

ORDER

Two days prior to the discovery deadline set in the scheduling order entered over nine

months ago, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Compel or in the Alternative Motion to Extend Deadline For

Response to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 26, Sept. 13, 2005) asserting, inter

alia, Defendant's failure to respond to Interrogatories and Request for Production served on or about

August 4, 2005. In the absence of the assigned discovery judge, this Magistrate Judge has duly

considered the Motion. 

Plaintiff offersno excuse for his dilatoriness in seeking necessary discovery from defendants

and in seeking the court's intervention; to the extent that he claims an inability to respond to the

summary judgment motion without these discovery responses, the court will not disregard his

contribution to this plight. Plaintiff's undocumented reference to having had "two telephone

conversations with defense counsel and [having] sent via facsimile a letter requesting responses"

falls short of the certification necessary to assess his compliance with the mandatory prerequisite

of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(2)(A). Finally, no party objected to the deadlines set on

January 3, 2005, and the denial on August 1, 2005, of a motion to extend the dispositive motion

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deadline provided fair notice of the court's intent to compel strict compliance with deadlines set for

discovery and for dispositive motions. 

For this good cause, it is, therefore,ORDEREDthatPlaintiff'salternative motions are each

DENIED.

Done this 15th day of September, 2005.

 /s/ Delores R. Boyd

DELORES R. BOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

FOR

VANZETTA PENN MCPHERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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