*1 This matter is before the Court upon the motion of Attorneys Joshua R. Ward and Robert Ethan Hargraves, of the law firm of Massey & Associates, P.C., to withdraw as counsel for Plaintiff Jaime Dixon Viar [Doc. 24]. In addition, Defendants BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc., and Volunteer State Healthcare Plan, Inc., through their counsel, move to compel Plaintiff to respond to Defendants' First Set of Interrogatories and Defendants' First Set of Requests for Production of Documents [Doc. 25].

The Court held a videoconference hearing on these motions on November 13, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. Present representing Plaintiff was Attorney Ethan Hargraves. Present representing Defendants was Attorney Aubrey B. Gulledge. In support of the motion to withdraw as counsel [Doc. 24], Plaintiff's counsel represents to the Court “that counsel is no longer able to effectively represent Plaintiff according to Plaintiff's wishes.” Defendants' counsel have no objection to the relief requested in the motion.

In support of Defendants' motion to compel discovery [Doc. 25], Defendants' counsel represents to the Court that Defendants served Plaintiff with a first set of interrogatories and requests for production on July 29, 2020. Defendants have agreed to extensions of time to respond to these discovery requests, but Plaintiff has not responded by the agreed-upon extended deadlines. As of the date of this order, Plaintiff has yet to respond to the discovery requests. It is undisputed that Fed. R. Civ. P. 33 and 34 require answers to interrogatories and responses to requests for production to be served within thirty days following service (or by agreed upon extended deadlines). Plaintiff has failed to comply.

Therefore, for good cause shown, it is hereby ORDERED that:

SO ORDERED.