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Belfor USA Grp., Inc. v. Rainier Asset Mgmt. Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION
Oct 26, 2012
Case Number 12-13966 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 26, 2012)

Opinion

Case Number 12-13966

10-26-2012

BELFOR USA GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. RAINIER ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, SUNWEST RELIANCE ACQUISITION GROUP, INC., EMERSONS COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT US, LLC, and RAINIER SUNWEST PORTFOLIO 1, L.P. Defendants.


Honorable David M. Lawson


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AND TO

COMPEL DISCOVERY RESPONSES

This matter is before the Court on the plaintiff's motion for sanctions and to compel discovery responses. The plaintiff's motion does not indicate whether plaintiff's counsel sought concurrence in the relief requested from counsel for the defendant, as plaintiff's counsel was obliged to do under the local rules. See E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(a). In this district, movants must seek concurrence in the relief requested before filing a motion for relief in this Court. E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(a). If concurrence is obtained, the parties then may present a stipulated order to the Court. If concurrence is not obtained, Local Rule 7.1(a)(2) requires that the moving party state in the motion that "there was a conference between the attorneys . . . in which the movant explained the nature of the motion and its legal basis and requested but did not obtain concurrence in the relief sought [ ] or . . . despite reasonable efforts specified in the motion, the movant was unable to conduct a conference." E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(a)(2).

The plaintiff does not state in its motion that concurrence was sought from the defendant before filing the motion. "It is not up to the Court to expend its energies when the parties have not sufficiently expended their own." Hasbro, Inc. v. Serafino, 168 F.R.D. 99, 101 (D. Mass. 1996). The plaintiff has filed its motion in violation of the applicable rules. Therefore, the Court will deny the plaintiff's motion.

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the plaintiff's motion for sanctions and to compel discovery responses [dkt. #17] is DENIED.

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DAVID M. LAWSON

United States District Judge

PROOF OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing order was served upon each attorney or party of record herein by electronic means or first class U.S. mail on October 26, 2012.

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DEBORAH R. TOFIL


Summaries of

Belfor USA Grp., Inc. v. Rainier Asset Mgmt. Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION
Oct 26, 2012
Case Number 12-13966 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 26, 2012)
Case details for

Belfor USA Grp., Inc. v. Rainier Asset Mgmt. Co.

Case Details

Full title:BELFOR USA GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. RAINIER ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION

Date published: Oct 26, 2012

Citations

Case Number 12-13966 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 26, 2012)