Opinion
Civil Action No. 10-cv-03029-MSK-BNB
01-04-2013
Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland
ORDER
This matter arises on Defendants' Motion to Compel Plaintiff to Return Documents Pursuant to Protective Order [Doc. # 124] (the "Motion"), which is GRANTED.
I entered a blanket protective order on July 28, 2011. Protective Order [Doc. # 81]. Confidential and sensitive documents were produced in discovery pursuant to the Protective Order. The Protective Order requires that "[w]ithin 30 days of the conclusion of this case, Plaintiff shall return all documents, records, or other materials containing Confidential Information to Defendants for destruction." Protective Order [Doc. # 81] at ¶8. The district judge dismissed the case on October 3, 2011. Opinion and Order Granting Motion to Dismiss [Doc. # 107]. Consequently, the case is concluded. The defendants have requested the return of the confidential documents, without success.
IT IS ORDERED:
(1) The Motion [Doc. # 124] is GRANTED; and
(2) Within ten days after actual service of this Order on the plaintiff, he shall comply with the requirements of paragraph 8 of the Protective Order and return to the plaintiffs all confidential documents in his possession, custody, or control including, without limitation, those documents bearing Bates Nos. ACSO_000563-000797 and ACSO_000939-000952.
BY THE COURT:
Boyd N. Boland
United States Magistrate Judge