Opinion
18-CV-419 (VSB) (OTW)
08-22-2022
JUAN R. VICENTE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. LJUBICA CONTRACTORS LLC and PREDRAG JANKOVIC, Defendants.
ORDER
ONA T. WANG, United States Magistrate Judge.
The Court has reviewed ECF Nos. 119 and 127. The Court finds that Defendants' responses to Plaintiffs' document requests and interrogatories are generic form objections with little specificity or substance (see, e.g., ECF 119-1), in violation of Fed.R.Civ.P. 34(b)(2). See Leibovitz v. City of New York, No. 15-CV-546 (LGS) (HBP), 2017 WL 462515, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2017) (striking defendants' “general, boilerplate objections” to plaintiff's requests for production).
By September 9, 2022, Defendants shall either:
(1) Complete production of the requested documents and interrogatory information and represent that it is complete; OR
(2) serve on Plaintiffs their revised responses and objections to Plaintiffs' First Request for Production of Documents and Defendants' Responses to Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories, with a proposed date for completion.1
If Defendants elect to serve revised responses and objections, Defendants are directed to include in their responses reasons for their objections and/or why they are otherwise unable to produce the requested documents and/or information. If the requested documents do not exist, Defendants must confirm without reservation that they have completed a search for said documents.
The parties shall file a joint status letter by September 16, 2022. The deadline to complete fact discovery is extended to October 14, 2022.
SO ORDERED. 2