GREEN et al v. CLEMENTS et al

Filing 30

ORDER denying 19 Motion to Quash; denying 22 Motion to Quash; proposed confidentiality order due the Court not later than 11/16/2012. Ordered by Judge Hugh Lawson on 11/7/2012. (nbp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
MACON DIVISION

CRYSTAL GREEN,
Juvenile M.G.,

on

behalf

of

Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 5:12-CV-100 (HL)
v.
ANDY CARTER CLEMENTS JR. d/b/a
ABBEVILLE DISCOUNT PHARMACY
and ELIZABETH C. CANNON,
Defendants.

ORDER
On November 6, 2012, the Court held a hearing on Wilcox County
Department of Family and Children Services’ Motion to Quash Subpoena and
Motion for Protective Order (Doc. 19) and Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoena
and for a Protective Order Relative to Subpoenas Issued by Defendants to the
Wilcox County Department of Family and Children Services (Doc. 22). Also
addressed during the hearing was a subpoena issued to the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation requesting records relating to M.G.
As stated from the bench during the hearing, the Court has reviewed the
records from DFACS and the GBI and finds that they are necessary for the
determination of an issue before the Court. The admissibility of the records will
be addressed at trial.

Counsel for Defendants is ordered to draft and circulate among the
attorneys a confidentiality order relating to both the DFACS and GBI records.
Once the attorneys agree on the confidentiality order, defense counsel is to
submit the proposed order to the Court. The proposed order should be submitted
to the Court no later than November 16, 2012. Upon entry of the confidentiality
order, unredacted copies of the records will be released to defense counsel.
Defendants are further ordered to reimburse the State for the cost of producing
the DFACS records.
The Motions to Quash (Docs. 19 and 22) are denied.

SO ORDERED, this 7th day of November, 2012.

s/ Hugh Lawson
HUGH LAWSON, SENIOR JUDGE

mbh

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