Myers v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WILLIAM B. MITCHELL CARTER, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction

The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential) has filed a motion for a protective order concerning discovery which has been requested of it by the plaintiff in this action. Pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., plaintiff seeks judicial review of Prudential’s denial of her disability claim. The issue presented by the defendant’s motion and pending before the undersigned is whether, in an ERISA action for judicial review of a denial…