Opinion
No. 01-2252-GV
February 21, 2002
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES AND REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
Before the court is the February 1, 2002 motion of the defendants, A.C. Gilless and Shelby County, pursuant to Rule 37(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to compel the plaintiffs to respond fully to the defendants' first set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents served October 3, 2001. Pursuant to Local Rule 7.2(a)(2), responses to motions in civil cases are to be filed within fifteen days after service of the motion. The plaintiffs have not filed a response to this motion, and the time for responding has now expired. Rule 7.2(a)(2) further provides that "[f]ailure to respond timely to any motion . . . may be deemed good grounds for granting the motion." In the absence of any response by plaintiffs, it is therefore ORDERED that the defendants' motion to compel is granted. The plaintiffs are directed to file responses to the defendants' first set of interrogatories and requests for production of documents within eleven days of the date of this order.