Patel v. Patel et al, No. 1:2015cv00598 - Document 178 (E.D. Va. 2016)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Magistrate Judge Theresa Carroll Buchanan on 7/21/2016. (dvanm, )

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Patel v. Patel et al Doc. 178 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Alexandria Division SHRADDHA PATEL, Plaintiff, V, KIRIT PATEL, Civ. No. I;15cv598 et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION THIS MATTER originally came before the Court on Defendant Atul Patel's Motion to Compel Plaintiff's Shraddha Patel Responses and Objections to Defendant's Atul Patel First Set of Request for Production of Documents (Dkt. 83) and Defendant Nina Patel's Motion to Compel Plaintiff s Shraddha Patel Responses and Objections to Defendant's Nina Patel First Set of Request for Production of Documents (Dkt. 86), both of which the Court granted on February 26, 2016. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(5)(A) provides that the Court must order the party whose conduct necessitated the motion to pay the movant's reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees. The Court, in considering the motion, found that plaintiff's failure to provide discovery necessitated defendants' motions and plaintiff's nondisclosure was not substantially justified. This matter comes again before the Court on Defendant's Atul Patel and Nina Patel Motion for Attorney's Fees (Dkt. 109), which asks for the fees and costs Dockets.Justia.com

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