Nagle v. United States Lines Co.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

At issue at this stage of the proceeding is a request under Admiralty Rule 30E(b) for a protective order directing the payment of proctor’s fees and/or expenses in connection with the attendance of proctor for libelant at a de bene esse deposition to be taken by respondents at Savannah, Georgia.

Admiralty Rule 30E(b) is identical with Rule 30(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This Court has previously ruled in an unreported opinion' that, since the effective date of the amendments to the Admiralty Rules (July 19, 1961), the interpretations given to Rule…