Free Motion for Default Entry 55(a) - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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I UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT _ H _
I DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT I L_ IY Y _. III g 3 I g E .
I NICHOLAS SICINOLFI and : I I- I I I I I
I THE NICHOLASJAMES COMPANY :
2 Plaintiffs, :
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I : CIVIL ACTION NO.:
I TOWN OF TRUMBULL ; 303 CV 929 (AWT) I
I MARLIN LIVELY : I
I ANNE MOORE : x
I RICHARD BERNARD and : I
’ CHRISTOPHER PAOLETI, :
I Defendants. : March 22, 2004
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I DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR DEFAULT
I _ Pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Defendants, Town of I
I I Trumbull, Anne Moore, Marlin Lively, Richard Bernard and Christopher Paoleti, hereby move I
this Court to enter the following orders for the Plaintiffs’ failure to respond to discovery: (I) a I
default against the Plaintiffs, Nicholas Sicnolfi and the Nicholas—Jarnes Company; (2) an Order I
providing that Nicholas Sicinolti be precluded from giving testimony, whether by affidavit or I
in person, directed to the topics addressed in the Defendants’ discovery requests; and (3) an
Order requiring the Plaintiffs to pay the reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in presenting this I
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED
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? motion. The Plaintiffs have failed to answer a single one of the Defendants’ discovery
i requests, dated October 14, 2003, despite the Order of Magistrate Judge Martinez that the
l Plaintiffs were to provide discovery responses within ten (10) days of the filing of her Order, i
which was dated March 9, 2004.
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Therefore, the Court should enter a default and preclude Nicholas Sicinolfi from giving j
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l testimony. Furthermore, the Defendants request the Plaintiff pay the Defendants’ expenses
incurred in obtaining this order, in accordance with Rule 37 (a) (4) (A). i
DEFENDANTS,
MARLIN LIVELY, ANNE MOORE,
RICHARD BERNARD and
CHRISTOPHER PAOLETI ,
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Stuart E. Brown (ct 24659) i
Hassett & George, P.C.
555 Franklin Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 061 14
(860) 296-2111
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W ORDER
i The fbregoing motion having been heard before this Court is hereby ordered: I
` GRANTED / DENIED.
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CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that a copy ofthe foregoing has been mailed this zgwdgy of March, i
2004 to the following counsel and/or pro se parties of record:
William B. Barnes, Esq.
Rosenstein & Barnes `
1100 Kings Highway East
F airfield, CT 06825 y
S uart E. Brown
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