Cromeans v. Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. et al

Filing 22

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall file no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 8, 2014, any objections or suggestions with regard to the appointment of a Special Master. Signed by District Judge John A. Ross on 8/7/14. (ARL)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JOHN W. CROMEANS, JR., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, V. MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY, INC., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, V. PELLEGRINO & ASSOC IA TES, LLC, et al., Third-Party Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 4:14-mc-00274-JAR ) ) ) ) ) ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER The Court held a telephone conference with counsel on August 7, 2014 to take up Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. 's Motion to Compel Production from Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C. and for Sanctions. (Doc. No. 15) After discussion with the parties and the parties' inability to resolve their discovery issues regarding Cunningham, Vogel & Rost, P.C.'s privilege log, the Court indicated its intent to appoint a Special Master pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53 to complete an in camera review of the documents identified in said privilege log. The Court intends to order Morgan Keegan to pay the costs associated with the appointment of the Special Master; however those costs are subject to reallocation by Judge Nanette Laughrey at a later date. According! y, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties shall file no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 8, 2014, any objections or suggestions with regard to the appointment of a Special Master. Jp U Dated this ~ day of August, 2014. -2- A. ROSS TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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