Opinion
No. 3:01-0711; Jury Demand; Judge Campbell/Brown
August 31, 2001
ORDER
In anticipation of a discovery dispute requiring Court intervention, and in accordance with prior Court orders, plaintiffs arranged a telephone conference with all affected defendants and the undersigned on August 29, 2001. Defendants' responses to plaintiffs' first sets of interrogatories and requests for production of documents were the subject of the dispute. It appearing that further discussion between counsel is required in order to satisfy the requirements of Local Rule 9(e), the parties are directed to meet and confer by Friday, September 7, 2001, in an effort to resolve any discovery dispute by agreement. If disputed matters relating to these first interrogatories and requests for production are not resolved by that date, plaintiffs may thereafter file appropriate motions to compel discovery.
In order to keep the volume of paper to a minimum, if an attorney has identical motions in a number of cases, the attorney may file a full set of pleadings in the lowest numbered case that fully complies with Local Rule 9(e) for discovery disputes and Local Rule 8(b)(7) for dispositive motions, and other applicable rules, and in all other cases file a notice that such a pleading has been filed in the lowest numbered case. Such notice shall include the following language: "The full text of this pleading has been filed in Case No. [3:01-xxxx] (Docket Entry No. ___)." In ruling, the District Judge or the Magistrate Judge will enter an order that will apply to all the listed cases and file a copy of the Court's Order in each case to which the order applies.
Case number to be filled in by the attorney.
Docket Entry No. to be filled in by the Clerk of Court upon receipt of the notice.
The Clerk will post a copy of this Order on the Court's webpage,www.tnmd.uscourt.gov, under the heading of Bridgeport Orders with the title "Order Relating to Duplicate Pleadings".
It is so ORDERED.