UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION

CLINTON HITE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v. Civil Action 2:25-cv-270 Judge James L. Graham Magistrate Judge Chelsey M. Vascura RELIABLE ELECTRIC AND LIGHTING, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

ORDER Defendants Christopher Chatfield and Reliable Electric and Lighting have filed a Notice of Service of Discovery to Plaintiff. (ECF No. 6.) The Court has not ordered Defendants to file this document. Moreover, the parties have not utilized this notice in a court proceeding. The Court therefore STRIKES Defendants’ filing and ORDERS them to cease filing discovery documents or notices of their service until they are used in a proceeding or the Court orders otherwise. Cf. Fed. R. Civ. P. 5(d)(1) (“[D]isclosures under Rule 26(a)(1) or (2) and the following discovery requests and responses must not be filed until they are used in the proceeding or the court orders filing: depositions, interrogatories, requests for documents or tangible things or to permit entry onto land, and requests for admission.”). The Court notes, however, that striking this document from the docket “does not prevent it from being effective.” Valente v. Univ. of Dayton, No. 3:08-cv-225,

, at *1 (S.D. Ohio, July 13, 2009). IT IS SO ORDERED. /s/ Chelsey M. Vascura CHELSEY M. VASCURA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE