Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson et al

Filing 33

MOTION for Protective Order by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1)(Mahony, Ieuan-Gael)

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Anderson et al

Doc. 33

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Plaintiff v. Civil Action No. 08-11364-GAO ZACK ANDERSON, RJ RYAN, ALESSANDRO CHIESA, and the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Defendants PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR INTERIM PROTECTIVE ORDER Pursuant to Rule 26(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority requests that this Court grant Plaintiff's Motion for Interim Protective Order. As grounds for this Interim Protective Order, Plaintiff states that it served to Defendant's counsel discovery requests on August 13, 2008, at 2:36 pm via email. Moreover, any such discovery should take place under the protection of this Interim Protective Order. Attached to this Motion for Interim Protective Order is the Interim Protective Order that Plaintiff revised to apply only to the Preliminary Injunction discovery, which was done in light of the time that Defendant has to consider the terms of the Protective Order. To allow discovery to proceed, Plaintiff respectfully requests the Court to allow entry of the Interim Protective Order.

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MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY By its attorneys, /s/ Maximillian J. Bodoin________________ Ieuan G. Mahony (BBO #552349) Maximillian J. Bodoin (BBO # 667240) HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 10 St. James Avenue Boston, MA 02116 [phone] /s/ Thomas F.S. Darling III_______________ Thomas F.S. Darling III (BBO #558848) MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY State Transportation Building 7th Floor 10 Park Plaza Boston, MA 02116 [phone] Dated: August 14, 2008 Boston, Massachusetts

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Ieuan G. Mahony, Attorney for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in connection with the above- captioned proceedings, hereby certify that on this 14th day of August, 2008, I served the foregoing Plaintiff's Motion for Protective Order by e-mail upon the following interested persons: Party Counsel

Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, Emily Berger, Esquire and Alessandro Chiesa Email: [e-mail] (the "MIT Undergrads") Kurt Opsahl, Esquire Email: [e-mail] Marcia Hofmann, Esquire Email: [e-mail] Jennifer Granick, Esquire Email: [e-mail] Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") Jeffrey Swope, Esquire Email: [e-mail]

/s/ Ieuan G. Mahony____________________
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