Filed: May 19, 2015
Latest Update: May 19, 2015
Summary: ORDER JERRY W. CAVANEAU , Magistrate Judge . On May 29, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel, seeking to compel production of video of a May 18, 2014, incident, as well as hearing appeals and transcripts made in connection with the case, and names and other information regarding witnesses Defendants intend to call at trial. Defendants filed a response in opposition (docket entry #43), asserting the video was destroyed before service was accepted for this case, and they cannot produce
Summary: ORDER JERRY W. CAVANEAU , Magistrate Judge . On May 29, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel, seeking to compel production of video of a May 18, 2014, incident, as well as hearing appeals and transcripts made in connection with the case, and names and other information regarding witnesses Defendants intend to call at trial. Defendants filed a response in opposition (docket entry #43), asserting the video was destroyed before service was accepted for this case, and they cannot produce w..
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ORDER
JERRY W. CAVANEAU, Magistrate Judge.
On May 29, 2015, Plaintiff filed a motion to compel, seeking to compel production of video of a May 18, 2014, incident, as well as hearing appeals and transcripts made in connection with the case, and names and other information regarding witnesses Defendants intend to call at trial.
Defendants filed a response in opposition (docket entry #43), asserting the video was destroyed before service was accepted for this case, and they cannot produce what does not exist. Defendants also state that documents from the May 18, 2014, disciplinary event have already been provided, but they provided another copy of their discovery responses.
Defendants cannot provide a video that does not exist, and they have provided a copy of the disciplinary records from the incident. Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion (docket entry #42) is DENIED.1
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. Defendants' discovery responses indicate that they have yet to determine who will be called as witnesses at trial.
