Legal Opinion
Flora v. Hamilton
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided November 1, 1978No. C-76-563-SPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
EUGENE A. GORDON, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court for a determination of the defendants’ motion for an order compelling discovery pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 37(a). The defendants seek to inspect portions of the plaintiff’s army medical file, which, according to the plaintiff, consists of notes and conclusions of a voluntary interview the plaintiff had with an army psychiatrist while he was in the army in 1960. For the reasons that follow, the Court concludes that discovery should be allowed, but only in the very restricted manner which will be outlined below.
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