Brummett v. Sherman

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California denied Plaintiff Melvin Ray Brummett Jr.'s motion to compel discovery. The court found that the document-production dispute had been resolved and that Plaintiff failed to identify specific deficiencies in Defendants' interrogatory responses or meet his burden to compel further discovery.

Holdings

1. A party moving to compel discovery must adequately identify relevant, necessary information that was improperly withheld and articulate the deficiencies in the opposing party's responses. Plaintiff failed to do so, so the motion to compel was denied.
2. The challenge to Interrogatory No. 10 was moot because the parties resolved the underlying document-production dispute.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Plaintiff satisfied his initial burden to obtain an order compelling more complete responses to his interrogatories under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 33 and 37(a).
2. Whether the challenge to Interrogatory No. 10 was moot after Defendants agreed to search for and produce responsive medical records.

Disposition

other