FREESTREAM AIRCRAFT USA LTD. v. CHOWDRY

Filing 87

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 65 Non-Party Atlas Aviation Sales & Leasing, LLC's Motion to Quash Subpoena and for Protective Order. Atlas Aviation shall produce its 2013 Operating Agreement to Plaintiff on or before December 6, 2017. Signed by Magistrate Judge William Matthewman on 12/1/2017. (kza)

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