Thomas v. Gary City of et al, No. 2:2012cv00532 - Document 27 (N.D. Ind. 2014)
Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER: Court GRANTS 25 Motion to Compel. Defendants to serve Plaintiff with written discovery responses by 6/9/2014. Court also OVERRULES Defendant Hairston's objections at his deposition and ORDERS Defendant Hairston to answer these questions (insofar as the information sought is notprotected by privilege) in a supplemental deposition or in an affidavit by 6/9/2014. Court GRANTS Plaintiff's request for attorney fees and costs. Plaintiff's attorney to file an affidavit by 6/12/2014, detailing the costs and attorney fees. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul R Cherry on 5/29/2014. (tc)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION RUSSELL THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF GARY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Cause No.: 2:12-cv-532-WCL-PRC OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff s Motion to Compel [DE 25], filed on April 29, 2014. Defendants have not filed a response, and the time to do so has passed. Plaintiff represents that he served Interrogatories and Requests for Production of Documents on Defendants on September 16, 2013. Despite repeated requests, Plaintiff represents that Defendants have not served him with any responses. Plaintiff also represents that his attorney deposed Defendant Officer Lindal Hairston on March 27, 2014, and that Hairston s attorney advised Hairston s not to answer a number of questions relating to his employment. (The Court notes that none of the objections made by Hairston s counsel at the deposition stated anything about attorney client privilege.) Plaintiff asks the Court to compel Defendants to serve him with responses to his written discovery requests and to answer the objected-to deposition questions. Noting the lack of response, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiff s Motion to Compel [DE 25] and ORDERS Defendants to serve Plaintiff with written discovery responses by June 9, 2014. The Court also OVERULES Defendant Hairston s objections at his deposition and ORDERS Defendant Officer Hairston to answer these questions (insofar as the information sought is not protected by privilege) in a supplemental deposition or in an affidavit by June 9, 2014. Finally, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff s request for attorney fees and costs. Plaintiff s attorney shall file an affidavit with the Court by June 12, 2014, detailing the costs and attorney fees incurred in the litigation of this motion. SO ORDERED this 29th day of May, 2014. s/ Paul R. Cherry MAGISTRATE JUDGE PAUL R. CHERRY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT cc: All counsel of record 2
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