Opinion
Case No. 03-60294.
April 21, 2006
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON IN CAMERA INSPECTION
Following a March 23, 2006, hearing on various motions, Defendant was ordered to send, under seal to this Court, a copy of Mr. Bob Hefner's personnel file for in camera review. (Dkt. #82). Plaintiff Geologic Computer Systems sought information from this file that might be relevant to bias or other factors relevant to Defendant's employee, Mr. Hefner.
Personnel files were produced from Mr. Hefner's hiring in 1972, through December 2, 2005. The personnel files consist of Performance Plans/Summaries; Personnel Change Forms; a notice of the issuing of Patent No. 6,389,343 B1 identifying Bob Hefner as one of the inventors; Employee Profiles; Certificates of Training; Annual Performance Reviews; Annual Salary Reviews; Management Reviews; a Payroll Authorization; an Employment Application; an Intellectual Property Agreement; his social security card; his birth certificate; an employee training history report; and his transcript from the University of Illinois.
The undersigned reviewed these documents. No documents reviewed are relevant to any claims or defenses in this litigation nor to Mr. Hefner's credibility. Nor are they reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(1).
Accordingly, unless there is an objection filed to this order, Mr. Hefner's personnel file will be returned to Defendant under seal.
SO ORDERED.