Bourne v. Arruda

Filing 94

ORDER re: 82 Motion to Compel. To facilitate the courts review of the motion, the court directs defendants to submit for in camera review the documents listed in the privilege log within ten days of the date of this order. A long with the submission, defendants shall file a motion to seal those documents for in camera review at Level II, pursuant to Local Rule 83.11(c). Defendants shall also file an affidavit of counsel identifying the relationship between the Town of Madison, counsel, and each person listed in the privilege log as to each document. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge Landya B. McCafferty.(kad)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Samuel J. Bourne
v.

Civil No. 10-cv-393-LM

John R. Arruda, Jr., et al.

O R D E R
Currently before the court is plaintiff Samuel Bourne’s
motion to compel discovery (doc. no. 82).

The validity of

defendants’ assertion of attorney-client privilege is at issue,
and defendants have provided a privilege log to plaintiff, which
he has filed as an exhibit to the motion (doc. no. 82-17).

To

facilitate the court’s review of the motion, the court directs
defendants to submit for in camera review the documents listed
in the privilege log within ten days of the date of this order.
Along with the submission, defendants shall file a motion to
seal those documents for in camera review at Level II, pursuant
to Local Rule 83.11(c).
Defendants shall also file, within ten days of the date of
this motion, an affidavit of counsel identifying the
relationship between the Town of Madison, counsel, and each
person listed in the privilege log as to each document,
including whether the person was an official or agent of the

Town of Madison or its insurer, or an insurer, co-defendant, or
counsel of a co-defendant in any litigation involving the Town
of Madison when the document was disclosed to that person.
SO ORDERED.

__________________________
Landya McCafferty
United States Magistrate Judge
April 2, 2012
cc:

Samuel J. Bourne, pro se
Brian J.S. Cullen, Esq.

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