Marvin Lumber & Cedar Co. v. PPG Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

ERICKSON, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction

This matter came before the undersigned United States Magistrate judge; pursuant to a general assignment, made, in accordance with the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A), upon the Plaintiffs’ informal Motion for a Protective Order which would prohibit the Defendant from continuing to conduct discovery through the medium of Subpoenas duces tecum to non-party, third-persons.

A Hearing on the Motion was conducted on October 22,1997, at which time the Plaintiff appeared by Donald J. Brown, Esq.; the Defendant…