Home Design Services v. Alan V Gren Enterprises et al, No. 2:2012cv00398 - Document 70 (D. Utah 2013)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM DECISION granting 65 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply re 64 MOTION to Compel APPROPRIATE DISCOVERY RESPONSES FROM PLAINTIFF HOME DESIGN SERVICES, INC. Responses due by 4/23/2013. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead on 4/16/13. (ss)

Download PDF

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION HOME DESIGN SERVICES, Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER v. Case No. 2:12-cv-00398-TS-DBP ALAN V. GREN ENTERPRISES, et al. District Judge Ted Stewart Defendants. I. Magistrate Judge Dustin B. Pead INTRODUCTION This copyright infringement matter was referred to the Court under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A). (Docket Nos. 37; 65.) On March 23, 2013, Defendants Alan v. Gren Enterprises and Alan V. Gren (the Gren Defendants ) filed a motion to compel discovery from Plaintiff. (Dkt. No. 64.) Plaintiff s response was due April 8, 2013. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(1) (computing time periods); DUCivR 7-1(b)(3)(B) ( A memorandum opposing any motion . . . must be filed within fourteen [] days after service of the motion . . . . ) The Court now considers Plaintiff s motion for an extension of time to file its response to the Gren Defendants motion to compel. (Dkt. No. 65.) For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS the motion. II. STANDARD OF REVIEW FOR MOTION FOR EXTENSION [B]efore the original time to act expires, a party may move to extend the time to act, and the court may, for good cause, extend the time . . . . Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A). Page 1 of 3 III. PLAINTIFF S MOTION TO COMPEL On April 8, 2013, Plaintiff timely filed a motion to extend the time to file its response to the Gren Defendants motion to compel. (Dkt. No. 65.) Plaintiff seeks until April 23, 2013 to file its response. (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff claims good cause justifies this extension. (Id.) The Gren Defendants filed their motion on a Saturday, so Plaintiff only saw the motion the following Monday. (Dkt. No. 69 at 3.) Moreover, Plaintiff s counsel had pre-existing deadlines in other cases around the same time the response was due. (Dkt. Nos. 65 at 2; 69 at 4.) Additionally, the Gren Defendants motion involves numerous complex substantive issues. (Dkt. No. 69 at 4.) It is over one-hundred pages long. (Dkt. No. 65 at 2.) It concerns sixteen interrogatories, as well as fifty-one document production requests that span forty years of business records. (Dkt. No. 69 at 5.) The Gren Defendants oppose extending Plaintiff s response deadline beyond April 15, 2013. (Dkt. No. 68 at 4.) 1 In the past, they have regularly and consistently granted Plaintiff s many requests for extensions . . . . (Id. at 2.) However, they feel Plaintiff failed to show good cause to effectively double the standard response time in this matter. (Id. at 4.) The Gren Defendants emphasize, it is critical to the[ir] [] preparation of their defenses that the Motion to Compel be timely addressed and resolved. (Id. at 3.) IV. ORDERS The Court shares the Gren Defendants concerns about the Plaintiff waiting until the very eve of the pending deadline to file this extension request. (Dkt. No. 68 at 4.) However, given Plaintiff s counsel s pre-existing deadlines in other cases, as well as the length and complexity of the Gren Defendants motion to compel, the Court finds good cause for Plaintiff s request. As 1 Because Plaintiff filed the current motion on April 8, 2013, this Court ordered expedited briefing to rule on the motion as close to April 15, 2013 as possible. (Dkt. No. 67.) Page 2 of 3 such, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff s motion for an extension to file its response to the Gren Defendants motion to compel. (Dkt. No. 65.) Plaintiff must file its response on or before April 23, 2013. It is so ordered. Dated this 16th day of April, 2013. By the Court: Dustin B. Pead United States Magistrate Judge Page 3 of 3

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.