Opinion
Case No. 2:07-CV-11820.
March 26, 2008
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (Dkt #31)
This matter is before the Court on the Plaintiff's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. (Dkt #31).
In support of the motion, the Plaintiff indicates that he is unable to comply with the Court's order to file a response to the Defendants' motion for summary judgment which was filed on March 11, 2008, (Dkt #27) because he has not yet been served with a copy of the motion. On March 24, 2008, the Office of the Michigan Attorney General was contacted concerning this matter. A staff member indicated that a copy of the motion would be re-mailed to the Plaintiff.
Rule 6(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states that "When by these rules or by notice given thereunder or by order of the court an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time, the court for good cause shown may at any time in its discretion (1) with or without motion or notice order the period enlarged if request thereof is made before the expiration of the period originally prescribed or as extended by a previous order "
Having considered the Plaintiff's motion and for the reasons stated, the motion for an extension of time is hereby GRANTED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Plaintiff is granted an extension of time until APRIL 21, 2008 in which to file his response.