Kd Ex Rel. Dieffenbach v. United States

MEMORANDUM ORDER

MARY PAT THYNGE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Presently before the court is defendant the United States’ motion for a protective order covering documents generated through peer review at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (“NHLBI”) within the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”). 1 Plaintiff seeks disclosure of documents related to ongoing monitoring of the NIH research protocol in which he participated. The United States asserts these documents are privileged under the Maryland medical peer review statute, the federal self-critical analysis…