LAZARIDIS et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al, No. 1:2009cv01177 - Document 77 (D.D.C. 2012)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM AND OPINION. Signed by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer on 2/2/2012. (KD)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA EMMANUEL N. LAZARIDIS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civ. Action No. 09-1177 (RMC) MEMORANDUM OPINION Pending before the Court is the Department of Justice s ( DOJ ) Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. #72] filed on May 18, 2011. By Order of May 19, 2011, plaintiff Emmanuel N. Lazaridis was given until July 21, 2011, to oppose DOJ s motion and was advised that his failure to do so by that deadline could result in the Court s treating the motion as conceded and entering judgment for DOJ. See Order [Doc. #73]. The Court twice granted Mr. Lazaridis motions to enlarge the time to file his response; the latest deadline was December 27, 2011. See Minute Order (Nov. 7, 2011). Mr. Lazaridis has not opposed DOJ s summary judgment motion and he has not sought additional time to do so. The Court therefore will grant DOJ s motion as conceded. See In re Miller, No. 03-7146, 2004 WL 963819 (D.C. Cir. May 4, 2004) (in managing its docket under the circumstances presented, the court may choose to . . . resolve the motion for summary judgment on the merits without an opposition . . . or [] treat summary judgment as conceded. ); FDIC v. Bender, 127 F.3d 58, 68 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (finding no abuse of discretion in Court s enforcement of local rule by treat[ing] the FDIC's motion for summary judgment as conceded ). A separate, final order accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.1 Date: February 2, 2012 /s/ ROSEMARY M. COLLYER United States District Judge 1 The Court previously dismissed the complaint against all other defendants. See Order (May 26, 2010) [Doc. #39] (dismissing complaint against the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children). 2

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