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Summary: ORDER FOLLOWING INFORMAL TELEPHONIC DISCOVERY CONFERENCE, HELD ON JANUARY 12, 2018 [ECF Nos. 48, 49] BARBARA A. McAULIFFE , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff Jared M. Villery is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983. On January 12, 2017, the Court held an informal telephonic discovery conference. Plaintiff appeared telephonically on his own behalf, and Sarah Margaret Gold Brattin and Lawrence Bragg appeared on behal
Summary: ORDER FOLLOWING INFORMAL TELEPHONIC DISCOVERY CONFERENCE, HELD ON JANUARY 12, 2018 [ECF Nos. 48, 49] BARBARA A. McAULIFFE , Magistrate Judge . Plaintiff Jared M. Villery is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983. On January 12, 2017, the Court held an informal telephonic discovery conference. Plaintiff appeared telephonically on his own behalf, and Sarah Margaret Gold Brattin and Lawrence Bragg appeared on behalf..
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ORDER FOLLOWING INFORMAL TELEPHONIC DISCOVERY CONFERENCE, HELD ON JANUARY 12, 2018 [ECF Nos. 48, 49]
BARBARA A. McAULIFFE, Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff Jared M. Villery is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
On January 12, 2017, the Court held an informal telephonic discovery conference. Plaintiff appeared telephonically on his own behalf, and Sarah Margaret Gold Brattin and Lawrence Bragg appeared on behalf of Defendants. Prior to the conference, the parties filed a joint statement, (ECF No. 49), and Plaintiff filed a motion seeking the Court's consideration of evidence in support of the information conference, (ECF No. 48), which were reviewed by the Court prior to the hearing.
For the reasons discussed at the conference, it is HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
1. Plaintiff's motion seeking the Court's consideration of evidence, filed on December 28, 2017 (ECF No. 48), is granted, as the parties' submissions were considered during the conference;
2. On or before January 19, 2018, Plaintiff shall serve on defense counsel no more than fifty (50) Requests for Admission for each of Defendants Beard, Kernan, Kendall, Acosta, Jones, Gurrero, Woodard, and Grimmig.1 Plaintiff may do so by sending to defense counsel (1) a numbered list of requests for admission that have already been served on these Defendants; (2) a set of revised requests for admission; or (3) some combination thereof, so long as he identifies no more than fifty (50) requests per Defendant to defense counsel by the deadline;
3. On or before January 26, 2018, defense counsel shall file a short status report explaining any issues that remain in dispute regarding the fifty (50) Requests for Admission per Defendant, as discussed during the conference. Counsel may attach a copy of a representative sample of discovery requests for the Court's review to the status report;
4. A follow-up informal telephonic conference regarding these matters is set for Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 8. Parties appearing telephonically may do so by using the following dial-in number and passcode at the time set for the hearing: dial-in number 1-877-411-9748; passcode 3190866. Defense counsel must arrange for Plaintiff's participation in the telephonic conference; and
5. Defendants are granted a forty-five (45) day extension of time, from the date the responses are due, to respond to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories and First Set of Requests for Production, as discussed during the conference.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
