Opinion
Case No. 13-14356
04-18-2014
JOHN DOE 1 et al., Plaintiff, v. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS et al., Defendant.
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL PLAINTIFFS'
COUNSEL TO RETURN ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT AND
PROTECTIVE ORDER GOVERNING "EXHIBIT F" TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION
FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
On March 25, 2014, Defendants filed a "Motion to Compel Plaintiffs' Counsel to Return Attorney Work Product Inadvertently Produced." The court held a telephonic hearing on this motion on April 10, 2014. For the reasons more fully stated on the record,
IT IS ORDERED that Defendants' "Motion to Compel Plaintiffs' Counsel to Return Attorney Work Product Inadvertently Produced" [Dkt. # 57] is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this protective order governs the unredacted affidavits filed as "Exhibit F" to Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment [Dkt. # 47]. Defendants shall provide Plaintiffs' counsel with unredacted copies of the affidavits that constitute "Exhibit F," but Plaintiff's counsel shall not distribute copies of the affidavits, or disclose the identities of the affiants contained in those affidavits, to anyone, including their clients, without or until further order of the court.
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ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record and/or pro se parties on this date, April 18, 2014, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
Lisa Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
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