Anderson v. Hale

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Defendants Matthew Hale, The World Church of the Creator, and the Estate of Benjamin Nathaniel Smith have filed objections to Magistrate Judge Ashman’s resolution of this discovery dispute. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(a). Those objections are denied.

The magistrate judge’s opinion, Anderson v. Hale, 202 F.R.D. 548 (N.D.Ill.2001), thoroughly details the factual background, so we only summarize it here. Defendants’ counsel recorded telephone conversations with various third party wit nesses, without disclosing to those witnesses that they were…