Express Lien Inc. v. National Association of Credit Management Inc, et al

Filing 90

ORDER denying 82 MOTION for APPEAL OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE DECISION to District Court. Signed by Judge Lance M Africk on 2/5/2014. (blg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

EXPRESS LIEN INC.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

No. 13-3323

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CREDIT
MANAGEMENT INC. ET AL.

SECTION I

ORDER
Before the Court is a motion1 filed by plaintiff objecting to the U.S. Magistrate Judge’s
discovery ruling2 with respect to the inclusion of an “unaffiliated counsel” provision in the
protective order. Defendant filed an opposition.3
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), nondispositive pretrial matters decided
by a U.S. Magistrate Judge may be appealed to the U.S. District Court Judge. The order of a U.S.
Magistrate Judge may be reversed only “where it has been shown that the magistrate judge’s
order is clearly erroneous or contrary to law.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); see also Fed. R. Civ. P.
72(a). The Court finds that the U.S. Magistrate Judge’s ruling, as amended, is neither clearly
erroneous nor contrary to law. Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that the motion is DENIED.
New Orleans, Louisiana, February 5, 2014.

_______________________________________
LANCE M. AFRICK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

1

R. Doc. No. 82.
R. Doc. No. 71.
3
R. Doc. No. 85.
2