Chambers v. Capital Cities/ABC

MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

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This appeal (more properly considered as an objection) raises the question of whether or not a United States Magistrate Judge may, in the course of supervising discovery, condition a direction for expedited production of documents upon a temporary restriction barring counsel receiving the papers from showing them to anyone else, including the client, until the proper treatment of the items is sorted out later.

As set forth in greater detail below, plaintiff in this age discrimination case has requested documents from defendants which the…