Duke & Durham's Discovery Response - Oh Noooo!

Lawyers for Duke, Durham and other defendants filed responses yesterday to the players' motion for a mandatory discovery conference. Duke Lawsuit

Duke's response

Durham's response

Quasimodo, Senior Blog Hooligan, summed up their responses,

The defendants don't need to submit to discovery now because:

1) The Judge doesn't HAVE to agree to permit discovery now;

2 ) If the motion to dismiss succeeds (or succeeds for some of the defendants), discovery now would be a waste of time and effort;

3 ) Mike Nifong might be added to the defendants (which might necessitate redoing discovery);

4 ) Some of the defendants might be found to be immune (and so discovery in their case would be a waste of effort);

5 ) There is no reason not to trust Durham with the preservation of records. . . Quasi

No word was heard about Sergant Gottlieb's Dry EZ Erase Board .