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Parties Involved:
William James Brown
Plaintiff
Hammock
Defendant
McCulley
Defendant
Nurse Sue
Defendant
Hunter Petray
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FAYETTEVILLE DIVISION

WILLIAM JAMES BROWN PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 06-5118

DEPUTY McCULLEY, DEPUTY HAMMOCK,

CAPTAIN HUNTER PETRAY, and NURSE

SUE McDONALD, all of the Benton County

Detention Center DEFENDANTS

ORDER

On January 2, 2007, defendants filed a motion to compel answers to discovery requests (Doc.

17). Defendants state they propounded interrogatories and requests for production of documents to

the plaintiff on August 29, 2006. Defendants further contend that additional correspondence

regarding plaintiff's past-due discoveryresponses was sent on December 14, 2006. However, 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 January 16, 2007.

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

for summary judgment on January 2, 2007. (Doc. 19). In their motion for an extension of time,

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

summary judgment motion.

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The motion for an extension of time is granted. Defendants are given until February 20,

2007, to file their summaryjudgment 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 3rd day of January 2007.

/s/ James R. Marschewski

HON. JAMES R. MARSCHEWSKI

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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