Webb v. McClung

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS NORTHERN DIVISION EDDIE E. WEBB ADC #108350 PLAINTIFF v. No. 3:22-cv-146-DPM BLAINE MCCLUNG, OFFICER, CORNING POLICE DEPARTMENT DEFENDANT ORDER 1. Webb’s motions for discovery, Doc. 4 & 5, are denied without prejudice. Discovery requests — like interrogatories and requests for documents — should not be filed with the Court. Instead, discovery requests should be sent to the Defendant's lawyer (or directly to the Defendant if he isn’t represented by a lawyer). If the Defendant doesn’t follow the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure in responding to a discovery request, then Webb may move to compel production.

2. | Webb’s embedded motion to appoint counsel, Doc. 4, is also denied without prejudice. This case is young. And the facts alleged are not beyond what a pro se litigant can handle. Appointing counsel in a civil case is an extraordinary step, which is unnecessary at this point.

Plummer v Grimes, 87 F.3d 1032, 1033 (8th Cir. 1996).

So Ordered.

WIV 4clall D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge la Seleneher AoaZ _2-