Abbott v. United States

MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER

McAVOY, Chief Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Pending before the Court is an appeal by the United States of a nondispositive Order of Magistrate Judge David N. Hurd dated September 12, 1997. In that Order, Judge Hurd denied the United States’ request for relief from plaintiffs’ discovery demands, and ordered that the United States respond to plaintiffs’ written requests- within ten (10) days. Thereafter, Judge Hurd stayed enforcement of the Order pending a decision by this Court of the government’s appeal.

According to the government, plaintiffs’ requests for admissions and…