Knudson v. M/V American Spirit et al

Filing 130

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' 123 Motion for an Order Directing Plaintiff to Appear for a Mental Examination - Signed by Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen. (CCie)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JEFFREY TODD KNUDSON,
Plaintiff,

No. 14-14854

v.

District Judge George Caram Steeh
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen

AMERICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
ET AL.,
Defendants.
/
ORDER
For the reasons and under the terms stated on the record on July 10, 2018,
Defendants’ Motion for an Order Directing Plaintiff to Appear for a Mental Examination
[Doc. #123] is GRANTED.
Plaintiff Jeffrey Todd Knudson will appear for an independent medical
examination by Dr. Eduardo Montoya, on a date and time to be mutually agreed upon by
the parties.
Plaintiff is not entitled to any further advance disclosure of the specific tests that
Dr. Montoya intends to employ during the examination. No persons other than Mr.
Knudson, Dr. Montoya, and Dr. Montoya’s staff may be present in the examination room
during testing, and the examination will not be recorded. Following the completion of
testing, Plaintiff is entitled to receive Dr. Montoya’s report and conclusions, as well as
Dr. Montoya’s raw test data and any other factual information that he relies on in forming
his conclusions.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 17, 2018

s/R. Steven Whalen
R. STEVEN WHALEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify on July 17, 2018 that I electronically filed the foregoing paper with
the Clerk of the Court sending notification of such filing to all counsel registered
electronically. I hereby certify that a copy of this paper was mailed to non-registered ECF
participants on July 17, 2018.
s/Carolyn M. Ciesla
Case Manager for the
Honorable R. Steven Whalen

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