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BIANCHINI v. CITY OF JACKSON, 3:16-CV-510-DPJ-FKB. (2017)

Court: District Court, S.D. Mississippi Number: infdco20170925d07 Visitors: 13
Filed: Sep. 22, 2017
Latest Update: Sep. 22, 2017
Summary: ORDER DANIEL P. JORDAN, III , District Judge . Defendant Lee Vance asks the Court to require Plaintiff Tina Bianchini to file a Rule 7(a) reply detailing her 1983 claims against him in in his individual capacity. Vance has asserted qualified immunity, and pursuant Schultea v. Wood, the Court agrees that a Rule 7(a) reply is appropriate. 47 F.3d 1427 (5th Cir. 1995). Vance also seeks a stay of discovery, pending resolution of his qualified immunity defense, which is likewise granted. 1
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ORDER

Defendant Lee Vance asks the Court to require Plaintiff Tina Bianchini to file a Rule 7(a) reply detailing her § 1983 claims against him in in his individual capacity. Vance has asserted qualified immunity, and pursuant Schultea v. Wood, the Court agrees that a Rule 7(a) reply is appropriate. 47 F.3d 1427 (5th Cir. 1995). Vance also seeks a stay of discovery, pending resolution of his qualified immunity defense, which is likewise granted.1

Defendant Vance's motions for a Rule 7(a) reply [69] and for a stay of discovery [71] are granted as unopposed. Plaintiff is directed to file a Rule 7(a) reply within thirty (30) days of this Order. Discovery is stayed for sixty (60) days to allow Vance to review the reply and file a motion raising his qualified-immunity defense. If such a motion is filed, the stay is automatically extended until resolution of that motion. If no motion is filed, the stay will be lifted.

SO ORDERED AND ADJUDGED.

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1. Plaintiff did not respond in opposition to the motions, and the time to do so has passed. See L.U. Civ. R. 7(b)(3)(E) ("If a party fails to respond to any motion, other than a dispositive motion, within the time allotted, the court may grant the motion as unopposed.").
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