Thompson v. Haynes

ORDER

MCCARTHY, United States Magistrate Judge.

Defendants’ request for sanctions against Plaintiff for alleged abuse of the discovery process is before the Court for consideration.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff opposed Defendants’ motion to compel production of his patent application No. 08/320,887. [Dkt. 87, 93], When the Court ordered Plaintiff to produce the patent application, Plaintiff produced what he represented to be a copy of the application as filed with the patent office. At Plaintiffs deposition, when Defendants questioned the completeness of the file, Plaintiff would not agree to allow…