Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Signtech USA, Ltd.

ORDER

LEBEDOFF, United States Magistrate Judge.

The above-entitled matter came on for hearing before the undersigned Magistrate Judge of District Court on November 18, 1997, on a motion by Defendant Signtech USA, Ltd. (Signtech) to compel discovery and extend the periods for expert rebuttal reports and discovery. The discovery Sign-tech seeks is Plaintiff Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company’s (3M) expert reports under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B), for the expert witnesses identified in 3M’s Rule 26(a)(2)(A) Expert Witness Disclosures.

3M has refused to impose the written report requirement on…