Apex Tool Grp., LLC v. Dmtco, LLC

Full title: APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC, Plaintiff, v. DMTCO, LLC, et al., Defendants.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION AT DAYTON

Date published: May 18, 2015

Case No. 3:13-CV-372 (S.D. Ohio May. 18, 2015)

Opinion

Case No. 3:13-CV-372

05-18-2015

APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC, Plaintiff, v. DMTCO, LLC, et al., Defendants.

AGREED TO BY: Jose M. Lopes (OH 0019580) LOPEZ, SEVERT & PRATT CO., LPA 18 East Water Street Troy, Ohio 45573 Phone: (937) 335-5658 Fax: (937) 339-6446 Email: jml@lsplaw.org Counsel for Defendants, DMTCO, LLC, Duane J. Newland, Malcolm E. Lovelace and Tony A. Stevens Mart Allen Rubal, Esq. TBN: 17360325 FID: 214261 WALDRON & SCHNEIDER, LLP 15150 Middlebrook Drive Houston, TX 77058 Phone: (28) 488-4438 Fax: (281) 483-4597 Email: mrubal@ws-law.com Counsel for Defendant Equipment Group Investments, LTD James Harry Lagos (OH 0014974) LAGOS & LAGOS One S Limestone Street, Suite 1000 Springfield, OH 45502 Phone: 937-323-5555 Email: jameshlagos@lagoscentral.com Counsel for Defendants DMTCO. LLC, Duane J. Newland, Malcolm E. Lovelace, Tony A. Stevens, and Equipment Group Investments, LTD Timothy G. Pepper (OH 0071076) Trial Attorney TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP 40 North Main Street, Suite 1700 Dayton, Ohio 45423-1029 Phone: (937) 228-2838 Fax: (937) 228-2616 Email: pepper@taftlaw.com J. Kellam Warren (NC Bar No. 208111) Admitted pro hac vice MAINSAIL LAWYERS 1340 Environ Way Chapel Hill, 27517 Phone: (919) 238-4038 Fax: (8E8) 501-9309 Email: kwarren@mainsaillawyers.com Counsel for Plaintiff Apex Tool Croup, LLC Dwight K. Keller (00745335 Assistant United States Attorney UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 200 West Second Street, Suite 600 Dayton, OH 45402 Richard C. Smith Chief Division Counsel FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 2012 Ronald Reagan Drive Cincinnati, OH 45236

District Judge Thomas M. Rose

Magistrate Judge Michael R. Merz
CONSENT ORDER REGARDING THE RELEASE, TRANSFER, INITIAL REVIEW, AND SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF THE FBI EVIDENCE

Plaintiff Apex Tool Group, LLC ("Apex" or "Plaintiff") and Defendants DMTCO, LLC ("DMTCO"), Duane J. Newland ("Mr. Newland"), Malcolm E. Lovelace ("Mr. Lovelace"), Tony A. Stevens ("Stevens"), and Equipment Group Investments, Ltd. ("EGI"), (collectively, the "Parties") have entered into a Consent Agreement Regarding the Release, Transfer, Initial Review, and Subsequent Review of the FBI Evidence ("Consent Agreement"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A . The Parties, along with the United States Attorney and the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), hereby agree, subject to approval by the Court, that the Consent Agreement shall govern the Release, Transfer, Initial Review, and Subsequent Review of the FBI Evidence (as those capitalized terms are defined in the Consent Agreement).

Because the Court hereby finds that the Release of the FBI Evidence (as those capitalized terms are defined in the Consent Agreement), in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Consent Agreement, is critical to the completion of discovery in the above-captioned litigation, the Court finds that good cause exists for entering this Consent Order.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED:

1. That the materials to be produced by the FBI contain information within the proper scope of discovery under Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;



2. Upon approval of this Order, under authority of the Court conferred by Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b)(11), such production will not be contrary to the Privacy Act or Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure;



3. That the FBI shall Release the FBI Evidence in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Consent Agreement;



4. That the Transfer, Initial Review, and Subsequent Review of the FBI Evidence shall proceed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Consent Agreement; and,



5. That the Consent Agreement and the procedures set forth therein shall be subject to the Stipulated Confidentiality and Protective Order entered by this Court on February 24, 2015.

SO ORDERED. May 18, 2015

s/Thomas M. Rose

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
AGREED TO BY: /s/_________
Jose M. Lopes (OH 0019580)
LOPEZ, SEVERT & PRATT CO., LPA
18 East Water Street
Troy, Ohio 45573
Phone: (937) 335-5658
Fax: (937) 339-6446
Email: jml@lsplaw.org
Counsel for Defendants, DMTCO, LLC,
Duane J. Newland, Malcolm E. Lovelace and
Tony A. Stevens
/s/_________
Mart Allen Rubal, Esq.
TBN: 17360325
FID: 214261
WALDRON & SCHNEIDER, LLP
15150 Middlebrook Drive
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: (28) 488-4438
Fax: (281) 483-4597
Email: mrubal@ws-law.com
Counsel for Defendant Equipment Group
Investments, LTD
/s/_________
James Harry Lagos (OH 0014974)
LAGOS & LAGOS
One S Limestone Street, Suite 1000
Springfield, OH 45502
Phone: 937-323-5555
Email: jameshlagos@lagoscentral.com
Counsel for Defendants DMTCO. LLC, Duane
J. Newland, Malcolm E. Lovelace, Tony A.
Stevens, and Equipment Group Investments,
LTD
/s/_________
Timothy G. Pepper (OH 0071076)

Trial Attorney
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP
40 North Main Street, Suite 1700
Dayton, Ohio 45423-1029
Phone: (937) 228-2838
Fax: (937) 228-2616
Email: pepper@taftlaw.com
J. Kellam Warren (NC Bar No. 208111)

Admitted pro hac vice
MAINSAIL LAWYERS
1340 Environ Way
Chapel Hill, 27517
Phone: (919) 238-4038
Fax: (8E8) 501-9309
Email: kwarren@mainsaillawyers.com
Counsel for Plaintiff
Apex Tool Croup, LLC

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/s/_________
Dwight K. Keller (00745335
Assistant United States Attorney
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
200 West Second Street, Suite 600
Dayton, OH 45402
/s/_________
Richard C. Smith
Chief Division Counsel
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
2012 Ronald Reagan Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45236