HAMILTON v. HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION, (W.D.Tenn. 2001)

DIANE K. VESCOVO, United States Magistrate Judge

Before the court is the September 6, 2001 motion of the defendant, Healthsouth Rehabilitation, pursuant to Rule 37(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to compel the plaintiff to respond to defendant's first set of interrogatories and request for production of documents served May 17, 2001.

Pursuant to Local Rule 7.2(a)(2), responses to motions in civil cases are to be filed within fifteen days after service of the motion. The plaintiff has not filed a response to this motion, and the time for responding has now expired. Rule 7.2(a)(2) further provides that "[f]ailure to respond timely to any motion . . . may be deemed good grounds for granting the motion."

In the absence of any response by the plaintiff, the defendant's motion to compel is granted. The plaintiff is directed to file responses to the defendant's first set of interrogatories and request for production of documents within eleven days of the date of this order.

The plaintiff is warned that, henceforth, failure to comply with proper discovery requests and/or orders of the court will lead to dismissal of her complaint.