UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

MARK BOWERS and 

GERALD RENAUD

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No. 08-cv-14134

Judge: Bernard Friedman

LIVINGSTON COUNTY JAIL and Magistrate: Donald A. Scheer

SHERIFF BOB BEZOTTE,

Defendants.

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ELIAS MUAWAD (P41632)

Attorney for Plaintiff

36700 Woodward Ave., Ste. 209

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

(248) 594-4700

CUMMINGS, McCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C.

By: T. JOSEPH SEWARD (P35095)

MELISSA P. STEWART (P70171)

Attorneys for Defendants

33900 Schoolcraft

Livonia, MI 48150

(734) 261-2400

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DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO TAKE VIDEO DEPOSITION OF 

PLAINTIFF MARK BOWERS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 30(a)(2)(B)

NOW COME the Defendants, LIVINGSTON COUNTY JAIL and LIVINGSTON

COUNTY SHERIFF BOB BEZOTTE, by and through their attorneys, CUMMINGS,

McCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C., and for their Motion to Take Video Deposition of

Plaintiff Mark Bowers, state as follows:

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1. This action arises out of a claim by Plaintiff Mark Bowers that while being held

as a pre-trial detainee in the Livingston County Jail beginning in July of 2007, he contacted

Methacillin Resistant Staph Aurous (MRSA).

2. On September 24, 2008, Plaintiff filed suit against the Livingston County Jail

and Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte, alleging violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth

Amendments under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for Individual Liability (Count I), Supervisory Liability

(Count II), and Municipal Liability (Count III). (See Complaint, Dkt. # 1).

3. In the interim, Plaintiff Bowers was convicted of assault with intent to do great

bodily harm less than murder on February 14, 2008, and he is currently serving his

sentence at the Straits Correction Facility in Kincheloe, Michigan.

4. As part of the preparation of its defense, Defendants wish to take the

deposition of Plaintiff Bowers.

5. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(B), counsel must obtain leave from the

court to take a deposition “if the deponent is confined in prison.”

6. Because Plaintiff is an incarcerated individual, Defendants request that this

honorable Court enter an Order allowing defense counsel to take the videotaped deposition

of Plaintiff Bowers on FRIDAY, May 29, 2009 at 1 p.m. at the Straits Correction Facility in

Kincheloe, Michigan, or whatever Michigan correctional facility Plaintiff Bowers is

incarcerated on that date.

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WHEREFORE, Defendants Livingston County Jail and Livingston County Sheriff

Bob Bezotte respectfully request that this Honorable Court GRANT their Motion for Leave

to Take Video Deposition of Plaintiff Mark Bowers pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(a)(2)(B).

Respectfully submitted,

CUMMINGS, McCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C.

By: /s/ T. Joseph Seward 

T. JOSEPH SEWARD (P35095)

MELISSA P. STEWART (P70171)

33900 Schoolcraft

Livonia, MI 48150

(734) 261-2400

tjseward@cmda-law.com

Attorneys for Defendant

DATED: April 23, 2009

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN

SOUTHERN DIVISION

MARK BOWERS and 

GERALD RENAUD

Plaintiff,

vs. Case No. 08-cv-14134

Judge: Bernard Friedman

LIVINGSTON COUNTY JAIL and Magistrate: Donald A. Scheer

SHERIFF BOB BEZOTTE,

Defendants.

_____________________________________/

ELIAS MUAWAD (P41632)

Attorney for Plaintiff

36700 Woodward Ave., Ste. 209

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304

(248) 594-4700

CUMMINGS, McCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C.

By: T. JOSEPH SEWARD (P35095)

MELISSA P. STEWART (P70171)

Attorneys for Defendants

33900 Schoolcraft

Livonia, MI 48150

(734) 261-2400

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DEFENDANTS’ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION 

FOR LEAVE TO TAKE VIDEO DEPOSITION OF PLAINTIFF 

MARK BOWERS PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 30(a)(2)(B)

NOW COME the Defendants, LIVINGSTON COUNTY JAIL and LIVINGSTON

COUNTY SHERIFF BOB BEZOTTE, by and through their attorneys, CUMMINGS,

McCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C., and for their Brief in Support of their Motion to Take

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Video Deposition of Plaintiff Mark Bowers rely upon Fed. R. Civ. P. (30)(a)(2)(B) and the

facts set forth in the foregoing Motion.

Respectfully submitted,

CUMMINGS, McCLOREY, DAVIS & ACHO, P.L.C.

By: /s/ T. Joseph Seward 

T. JOSEPH SEWARD (P35095)

MELISSA P. STEWART (P70171)

33900 Schoolcraft

Livonia, MI 48150

(734) 261-2400

tjseward@cmda-law.com

Attorneys for Defendant

DATED: April 23, 2009

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I hereby certify that on April 23, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing paper with

the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system which will send notification of such filing

to the following: ELIAS MUAWAD.

 s/T. Joseph Seward

Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.L.C.

33900 Schoolcraft

Livonia, MI 48150

Phone: (734) 261-2400

Primary E-mail: tjseward@cmda-law.com

P 35095

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