Doe v. Lenoir-Rhyne University

Filing 39

ORDER granting 35 Motion Regarding Production of FERPA Documents or Information. Defendant shall produce the subject documents within 10 days. In the interim, the parties shall submit a motion for consent protective order. Signed by Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer on 12/20/2018. (tmg)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
STATESVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:18-CV-00032-DSC
JANE DOE,
Plaintiff,
v.
LENOIR-RHYNE UNIVERSITY,
Defendant.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s “Motion Regarding Production of
FERPA Documents or Information” (document #35), as well as the parties’ briefs and exhibits.
Defendant states that it “received objections from three students to the production of their
information protected under FERPA (the three students notified Defendant of their objections to
the production of their information without explanation or reasoning).” Id. at 2. Defendant “seeks
an order from the Court as to whether to produce information and documents in light of these
objections.” Id. at 1. In any event, the parties agree that production of this information should be
made subject to a protective order. For the reasons stated in Plaintiff’s brief, the Court concludes
that additional notice to the objecting students is not warranted.
Accordingly, the Motion is granted. Defendant shall produce the subject documents within
ten days of entry of this Order.

In the interim, the parties shall submit a motion for entry of a

consent protective order. If they cannot agree, each party shall submit a proposed order.
The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to counsel of record.
SO ORDERED.

Signed: December 20, 2018