Wells v. Biolife Plasma Services, LP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
DEMIKA WELLS,
Plaintiff, 	Case No. 2:24-cv-11740
v. 	Honorable Susan K. DeClercq
United States District Judge
BIOLIFE PLASMA SERVICES, L.P.,
Defendant.
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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S EMERGENCY MOTION TO EXTEND
TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF No. 17)
Defendant Biolife Plasma Services, L.P. (“Biolife”) filed a motion for
summary judgment in this slip-and-fall case on October 20, 2025. ECF No. 16.
Plaintiff Demika Wells’s response that motion is currently due on November 10,
2025. ECF No. 17 at PageID.142.
But on November 4, 2025, Wells filed a motion seeking a 22-day extension to
file her response. Id. Wells explains that she “has an outstanding discovery request”
for an entity based in Denmark which was responsible for maintaining the Biolife
parking lot where Wells slipped and fell. Id. According to Wells, the 22-day
extension will ensure that both parties receive and have time to review the parking
lot maintenance records, which will allow Wells “to respond with all factual
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information” and perhaps “facilitate a settlement.” Id. Wells also notes that she and
Biolife are “awaiting the balance of [her] Medicaid lien, which will undoubtedly
play a major role in the settlement negotiations.” Id. at PageID.143.
Although Biolife does not stipulate to Wells’s requested extension, Biolife
reports it will “not take a position” on the request and will “leave it to this Court’s
discretion.” Id.
Having considered Plaintiff’s motion, ECF No. 17, the Court finds there is
good cause for a short extension, especially given the Court’s preference for
resolving matters on the merits. See F ED. R. CIV. P. 6(b)(1)(A).
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Wells’s Emergency Motion to Extend
Time to File Response to Defendant’s Summary Judgment Motion, ECF No. 17, is
GRANTED.
Further, it is ORDERED that Wells may file a response to Biolife’s Motion
for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 36, on or before Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
/s/Susan K. DeClercq
SUSAN K. DeCLERCQ
United States District Judge
Dated: November 5, 2025
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