Legal Opinion
Sommerfield v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 20, 2008No. 06 C 3132PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOAN B. GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.
Before the court is an objection to Magistrate Judge Cole’s order issued on May 6, 2008 (the “Order”), in which Judge Cole denied plaintiffs discovery motions. The plaintiff, Detlef Sommerfield (“Sommerfield”), timely filed objections to the Order. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 6(a); id. at 72. For the reasons stated below, Sommerfield’s objections are overruled.
I. Background
Sommerfield’s Rule 72 motion reflects the latest in a series of contentious discovery battles in this case. On May 6, 2008, Judge Cole issued a minute order that read:
Motion hearing held and…
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