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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

TEXARKANA DIVISION

PAUL JUNIOR SUTTON PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 06-4062 

H.L. PHILLIPS, Sheriff, Miller 

County, Arkansas; MIKE GRIFFIN, 

Warden; SGT. GREEN; SGT. WRIGHT;

and NURSE TERRY PORTER DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On March 12, 2007, the plaintiff filed a motion to strike interrogatories (Doc. 30).

Plaintiff moves to strike the defendants’ interrogatories on the grounds defendants have

propounded more than twenty-five interrogatories without first obtaining permission from the

court. 

Plaintiff failed to attach the interrogatories to his motion. For this reason, an order was

entered on March 15, 2007 (Doc. 32) directing the plaintiff to submit the interrogatories as an

exhibit to his motion. Plaintiff has now submitted the interrogatories as a supplement to his

motion to strike (Doc. 33). The defendants first set of interrogatories contain twenty-six

interrogatories. Several of the interrogatories contain more than one question.

Rule 33(a) provides that “[w]ithout leave of court or written stipulation, any party may

serve upon any other party written interrogatories, not exceeding 25 in number including all

discrete subparts, to be answered by the party served.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 33(a). I agree that both

as numbered (twenty-six) and cumulatively, when the separate questions and/or sub-parts

contained in the interrogatories are added, the interrogatories contain more than the number

authorized by Rule 33(a). Defendants have not sought leave of the court to exceed the number

specified in Rule 33(a). 

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For the reason stated, the motion to strike (Doc. 30) is GRANTED. Defendants may,

of course, submit a new set of interrogatories to the plaintiff not exceeding twenty-five in number

or seek leave of the court to exceed the number allowed by Rule 33(a).

 IT IS SO ORDERED this 27th day of March 2007.

/s/ Barry A. Bryant 

HON. BARRY A. BRYANT 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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