Free Motion for Default Judgment - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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[ NICHOLAS SICINOLFI and : I
THE NICHOLAS-JAMES COMPANY : l
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` : CIVIL ACTION NO.:
Z TOWN OF TRUMBULL : 303 CV 929 (AW T) l
I MARLIN LIVELY : *
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RICHARD BERNARD and : i
l CHRISTOPHER PAOLETI, : `
p Defendants. : January 21, 2004
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR DEFAULT `
Pursuant to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the individual defendants, l
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Anne Moore, Marlin Lively, Richard Bernard and Christopher Paoleti, hereby move this Court
to enter the following orders for the Plaintiffs’ failure to respond to discovery: (1) a default
against the Plaintiffs, Nicholas Sicnolfi and the Nicholas—James Company; (2) an Order r
providing that Nicholas Sicinolti be precluded from giving testimony, whether by affidavit or l
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 K
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED I
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{ motion. The Defendants certify that attorney Stuart E. Brown contacted attorney William B.
: Barnes, counsel for the Plaintiffs, on Friday January 9, 2004 to inquire as to the Plaintiff s
{ delay in responding to the Defendants’ Interrogatories and Requests for Production which were
{ received by the Plaintiff on October 17, 2003. As more fully described in the attached
memorandum of law, the Plaintiffs responses to the Defendants’ discovery requests have not
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t Therefore, the Court should enter a default and preclude Nicholas Sicinolti from giving
testimony. Furthermore, the Defendants request the Plaintiff pay the Defendants’ expenses {
incurred in obtaining this order, in accordance with Rule 37 (a) (4) (A). A memorandum of law {
is submitted herewith.
DEFENDANTS, {
MARLIN LIVELY, ANNE MOORE, 1
RICHARD BERNARD and
CHRISTOPHER PAOLETI
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Stuart E. Brown (ct 24659) 1
Hassett & George, P.C. t
555 Franklin Avenue f
Hartford, Connecticut 061 14
(860) 296-2111

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The foregoing motion having been heard before this Court is hereby ordered: 0
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CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing has been mailed this »E/Tday of January,
2004 to the following counsel and/or pro se parties of record: n
William B. Barnes, Esq. I
Rosenstein & Barnes `
1100 Kings Highway East 0
Fairfield, CT 06825 E
Stuart E. Brown