Filed: Jul. 08, 2013
Latest Update: Jul. 08, 2013
Summary: ORDER P.K. HOLMES, III, Chief District Judge. Currently before the Court is Defendant Brandrite Sign Company, Inc.'s ("Brandrite") Motion to Compel (Doc. 101) and brief in support (Doc. 102). Brandrite has filed a cross-claim (Doc. 88) against separate defendant Citi Trends, Inc. ("Citi Trends"). Brandrite served a set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents on Citi Trends on January 31, 2013. 1 Despite a good-faith effort to obtain responses without the necessity of Cou
Summary: ORDER P.K. HOLMES, III, Chief District Judge. Currently before the Court is Defendant Brandrite Sign Company, Inc.'s ("Brandrite") Motion to Compel (Doc. 101) and brief in support (Doc. 102). Brandrite has filed a cross-claim (Doc. 88) against separate defendant Citi Trends, Inc. ("Citi Trends"). Brandrite served a set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents on Citi Trends on January 31, 2013. 1 Despite a good-faith effort to obtain responses without the necessity of Cour..
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ORDER
P.K. HOLMES, III, Chief District Judge.
Currently before the Court is Defendant Brandrite Sign Company, Inc.'s ("Brandrite") Motion to Compel (Doc. 101) and brief in support (Doc. 102).
Brandrite has filed a cross-claim (Doc. 88) against separate defendant Citi Trends, Inc. ("Citi Trends"). Brandrite served a set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents on Citi Trends on January 31, 2013.1 Despite a good-faith effort to obtain responses without the necessity of Court action, to date, Citi Trends has not responded to Brandrite's discovery requests.
Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 33(b)(2) and 34(b)(2)(A), Citi Trends had 30 days to respond to Brandrite's discovery requests. Using the rules for computing time set forth by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6, Citi Trends' responses were therefore due on March 5, 2013, allowing an extra three days since Citi Trends counsel was served with the requests via mail (Doc. 102-1, p. 5). Brandrite's counsel sent Citi Trends' counsel letter April 30, 2013 seeking responses by May 15, 2013. (Doc. 102-2, p. 1). Another letter was sent on June 6, 2013, seeking responses by June 12, 2013. Id. at p. 2. Both letters stated that if responses were not timely received, a motion to compel would be filed.
Citi Trends has not responded to Brandrite's discovery requests to this date. Furthermore, Citi Trends has not responded to Brandrite's motion to compel.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that Brandrite's motion to compel (Doc. 101) is GRANTED. Citi Trends is ordered to appropriately respond to Brandrite's discovery requests by 5:00 p.m. on July 22, 2013.
Subject to certain exceptions, if a motion to compel is granted, "the court must, after giving an opportunity to be heard, require the party ... whose conduct necessitated the motion, the party or attorney advising that conduct, or both to pay the movant's reasonable expenses incurred in making the motion, including attorney's fees." Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(5)(A). Brandrite is directed to file an affidavit documenting its fees and expenses incurred in bring the instant motion by July 15, 2013. Citi Trends will be given 7 days to file any objections.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
