Sawatzky v. United States Postal Service, The

Filing 25

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 16 Motion for Protective Order. By Magistrate Judge Gudrun J. Rice on 7/19/12.(mjgsl, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gudrun J. Rice
Civil Case No. 11-cv-03182-REB-GJR
TIMOTHY SAWATZKY,
Plaintiff,
vs.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant.
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ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER (Doc. #16)
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Having considered Plaintiff’s Motion for Protective Order (Doc. #16) filed May 11,
2012, Defendant’s Response (Doc. #23) filed June 04, 2012 and Plaintiff’s Reply (Doc.
#24) filed June 14, 2012, I hereby GRANT the Motion in part and DENY the Motion in
part.
The motion is GRANTED with regard to Plaintiff’s request that he not be required
to respond to informal discovery requests. It is ORDERED that discovery be in accord
with the discovery rules.
The motion is DENIED in all its other particulars. Specifically I decline to order at
this time that Plaintiff is never required to sign or provide releases, that discovery is
limited only to medical records related to the back or neck, or to otherwise limit use of
and access to Plaintiff Sawatsky’s “private information”.

Done and signed this 19th day of July, 2012.
BY THE COURT:

s/ Gudrun J. Rice
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Gudrun J. Rice
United States Magistrate Judge