Opinion
21-cv-11565
07-16-2024
DAVID BROWN, Plaintiff, v. DONALD HAIDERER, Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE OBJECTIONS TO REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION (ECF No. 95)
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Plaintiff David Brown is a state prisoner currently in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections. In this civil-rights action, Brown alleges that he received inadequate medical treatment while he was incarcerated in the Saginaw Correctional Facility in 2021. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.)
The sole remaining defendant in this action is Defendant Donald Haiderer. On February 20, 2024, Haiderer moved for summary judgment. (See Mot., ECF No. 89.) The motion was referred to the assigned Magistrate Judge, and on June 17, 2024, the Magistrate Judge issued a report and recommendation in which she recommended that the Court grant Haiderer's motion (the “R&R”). (See R&R, ECF No. 94.) At the conclusion of the R&R, the Magistrate Judge informed the parties that if they wanted to file objections to the R&R, they needed to do so within fourteen days. (See id., PageID.915-916.)
On June 27, 2024, Brown filed a motion in which he asked for additional time to file his objections to the R&R. (See Mot., ECF No. 95.) Brown explained that he was “only recently able to obtain the assistance of an inmate legal writer” and that that person “need[ed] some time to become familiar with this [case] to properly prepare [Brown's] objections to the R&R.” (Id., PageID.918.)
The Court has reviewed Brown's motion and, for the reasons explained in the motion, it concludes that a short extension of time to file objections to the R&R is appropriate here. Accordingly, Brown's motion for an extension of time (ECF No. 95) is GRANTED. Brown shall file his objections to the R&R by no later than August 5, 2024 .
IT IS SO ORDERED.
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties and/or counsel of record on July 16, 2024, by electronic means and/or ordinary mail.