Dillonger J. Majors v. Jacob Reeves, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri denied plaintiff Dillonger J. Majors’s motion to compel discovery. The court held that the motion failed to satisfy Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37 and Local Rule 3.04 because it lacked the required certification of a good-faith conference and did not provide sufficient information about the discovery sought.

Holdings

1. A motion to compel must include the good-faith conference or attempted-conference certification required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(1) and Local Rule 3.04; plaintiff's failure to provide that certification required denial of the motion.
2. A motion to compel must provide enough information for the court to identify the discovery dispute and determine what production should be ordered; plaintiff's motion was insufficient because it did not include the discovery at issue or details about when it was served.

Questions Presented

1. Whether plaintiff's motion to compel should be granted when it lacked the required good-faith meet-and-confer certification.
2. Whether the motion to compel provided sufficient information for the court to order production of documents or other evidence.

Disposition

other