Gonda v. Permanente Medical Group, Inc.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER

SAMUEL CONTI, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

I. INTRODUCTION

Now before the Court is a motion for a protective order by Defendants The Perma-nente Medical Group, Inc. (“TPMG") and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Long Term Disability Plan For Physicians (the “Plan”) (collectively, “Defendants”). ECF No. 45 (“Mot.”). The issue presented by the motion concerns the limits of discovery in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) action where the Court has adopted a de novo standard of review. The motion is fully…