Neuder v. Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

*291 MEMORANDUM OPINION

URBINA, District Judge.

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION; RETURNING DOCUMENT NUMBER 524 TO THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR HIS REVIEW

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before the court upon the parties’ separate motions to reconsider discovery decisions rendered by the Honorable Alan Kay, United States Magistrate Judge. The magistrate judge’s decision arose in connection with a discovery dispute occasioned by Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (“Battelle’s”) refusal to produce documents based on a claim of attorney-client privilege. Battelle…