Buzzeo v. Board of Education

ORDER

BOYLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is defendants’ motion for a protective order pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This motion raises the issue of the applicability of the presumption — that a corporation be deposed at its corporate headquarters — where the corporate defendant and the plaintiff reside within the forum. For the reasons stated below, the court finds that the presumption is not applicable. The corporate defendant is, however, nonetheless entitled to the relief sought based on traditional notions of cost, convenience and…