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Whittier v. Seattle Tunnel Partners, C17-0751RSL. (2018)

Court: District Court, D. Washington Number: infdco20181012f92 Visitors: 9
Filed: Oct. 11, 2018
Latest Update: Oct. 11, 2018
Summary: ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL ROBERT S. LASNIK , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff's "Motion to Compel Discovery Responses from HNTB." Dkt. # 66. Written discovery requests were served on June 14, 2018. No answers or responses were made. Communication with counsel proved ineffective, and plaintiff filed this motion to compel. On October 3, 2018, two days after its response to the motion was due, defendant HNTB Corporation filed a declaration of c
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL

This matter comes before the Court on plaintiff's "Motion to Compel Discovery Responses from HNTB." Dkt. # 66. Written discovery requests were served on June 14, 2018. No answers or responses were made. Communication with counsel proved ineffective, and plaintiff filed this motion to compel. On October 3, 2018, two days after its response to the motion was due, defendant HNTB Corporation filed a declaration of counsel stating that it had, on that date, provided "initial" and "incomplete" objections, answers, and responses to the discovery requests.

HNTB has wholly failed to satisfy its discovery obligations under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and has made no effort to justify that failure. Plaintiff's motion to compel is therefore GRANTED. Defendant HNTB shall, within seven days of the date of this Order, provide full and complete responses to the four interrogatories and eight requests for production at issue. All objections other than attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine have been waived. If any documents are withheld on privilege grounds, a privilege log sufficient to allow plaintiff and the Court to evaluate the claim of privilege must be provided within the time allowed. At a minimum, the privilege log must identify the nature of the document, its date, the parties thereto (and their connection to the parties and this litigation, if not apparent), the privilege that justifies the failure to disclose, and any other information necessary to show that the privilege applies. If plaintiff intends to seek an award of expenses incurred because of the delay in responding, he may file an appropriate motion.

Source:  Leagle

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