Lumpkin v. Bi-Lo, Inc.

ORDER

FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

Pending before the court is Plaintiff’s Motion for a Protective Order filed pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiff asks the court to limit the number of witnesses Defendant can have present at the deposition of Plaintiff by finding that Rule 615 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, which applies to the sequestration of witnesses at trial, also applies to oral depositions.

The facts giving rise to the filing of this Motion are as follows. Plaintiff’s deposition was scheduled for May 19, 1987. Counsel for Defendant arrived at the…