Norton v. Cross Border Initiative Task Force et al

Filing 130

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 120 Motion for Discovery. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead. (mm)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Walter Norton v. Case No. 06-cv-490-PB

Cross Border Initiative Task Force, et al.

ORDER Re: Document No. 120, Motion for Discovery (to depose defendants) Ruling: Granted in part and denied in part. Plaintiff may take depositions but (1) he must pay in advance for the court reporter and any telephone or video conference expenses and (2) the deponents may be deposed only where they are present at a site in New Hampshire. The court may not expend funds for a civil litigant which Congress has not provided and it may not require defendant's to pay the expense of plaintiff's discovery. /s/ James R. Muirhead James R. Muirhead U.S. Magistrate Judge Date: March 16, 2009 cc: Walter Norton, Pro se Counsel of Record