Free Order on Motion for Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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v. : Case No. 3:03CV232(RNC)(DFM)
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RULING AND ORDER I
Pending before the court is the plaintiff’s motion to I
compel. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is denied. I
The plaintiff states that he mailed interrogatories to
defendants’ counsel on February 7, 2005. On February 23, 2005, I
counsel objected to the interrogatories because they were not
directed to an individual defendant as required by Rule 33{a).
The plaintiff claims that the defendants have failed to cooperate
in answering his discovery requests.
Rule 33(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. provides that “any party may
serve upon any other party written interrogatories .... ”
Counsel for the defendants objected to the plaintiff's
interrogatories because they were directed to John Armstrong, et
al. and not to a particular defendant. John Armstrong, et al.
is not a party to this action. Thus, the defendants’ objection
to the interrogatories did not violate the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure. The plaintiff's Motion to Compel [doc. # 28] is )
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DENIED.1 I
Y so ORDERED this day 2005, at T
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1 The court has dismissed all claims against defendants
Herbert, Armstrong, Wezner, Delaney, Brunski and Bakanowski. The
only defendants remaining in this action are Advocate Southworth
and Investigator Brito. Thus, any renewed interrogatories should
be addressed to defendants Brito and Southworth only.
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