Painewebber Inc. v. Acstar Insurance

OPINION & ORDER

ELLIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On September 9, 2002, defendant Acstar Insurance Company (“Acstar”) filed a motion against nonparties Sawhorse Lumber & More, Inc. (“Sawhorse”) and Never More Now Corporation (“Never More Now”) to hold them in contempt for each party’s failure to comply with respective subpoenas. Acstar argues that because Sawhorse and Never More Now willfully failed to comply with the subpoenas, and with a June 24, 2002 order of this Court, they should be held in contempt and fined or sanctioned under Rules 37 and 45(e) of the Federal Rules…