Mouhcine El Kourati v. Budget Rent A Car System, Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida partially granted Defendant’s unopposed motion to compel discovery in an employment discrimination action. The Court ordered Plaintiff to produce specified documents and complete responses to Defendant’s Second Request for Production within fourteen days, deemed objections waived, declined to award attorneys’ fees, and warned that noncompliance could result in further sanctions.

Holdings

1. The motion to compel was well-taken in part, and Plaintiff was ordered to produce documents responsive to Requests 6, 7, 14, 16, and 17 of Defendant's First Request for Production and to provide complete responses and documents responsive to Defendant's Second Request for Production.
2. Plaintiff waived all objections to the discovery at issue by failing to timely respond to the motion to compel.
3. The court declined to award attorneys' fees or sanctions in this instance and denied the motion in all other respects.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendant's motion to compel should be granted when Plaintiff failed to produce documents responsive to specified requests and failed to respond to a second request for production.
2. Whether Plaintiff waived objections to the discovery requests by failing to timely respond to the motion to compel.
3. Whether Defendant was entitled to attorneys' fees or sanctions associated with filing the motion to compel.

Disposition

other