Federal Trade Commission v. Pacific First Benefit, LLC

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court are Plaintiff Federal Trade Commission’s Motion to Compel Production of Documents and Answers to Interrogatories, and Defendant Alex Or-phanou’s Motion to Stay or, in the Alternative, for Protective Order Sealing Discovery. On December 3, 2004, the court referred these matters to Magistrate Judge Brown. On February 10, 2005, Judge Brown issued a ruling directly from the bench granting Plaintiffs Motion and denying Defendant’s Motion. For the reasons stated below, the court finds that Magistrate Brown’s ruling was entirely consistent…