TOMASZEWSKI v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Filing 23

ORDER THAT DEFT'S MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER TO PRECLUDE THE DEPOSITION OF THE HONORABLE MAYOR JAMES KENNEY IS GRANTED, ETC. SIGNED BY HONORABLE JAN E. DUBOIS ON 12/13/18. 12/14/18 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(kw, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
ROBERT TOMASZEWSKI,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION

v.
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,
Defendant.

NO. 17-4675

ORDER
AND NOW, this 13th day of December, 2018, upon consideration of Defendant’s
Motion for a Protective Order to Preclude the Deposition of the Honorable Mayor James Kenney
(Document No. 19, filed on October 4, 2018), Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law in Opposition to
Defendant’s Motion for a Protective Order (Document No. 20, filed on October 15, 2018), and
Defendant’s Reply Brief in Further Support of its Motion for a Protective Order to Preclude the
Deposition of the Honorable James Kenney, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia (Document No.
21, filed on October 25, 2018), for the reasons stated in the Memorandum dated December 13,
2018, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for a Protective Order to Preclude the
Deposition of the Honorable Mayor James Kenney is GRANTED.
The ruling in this Memorandum and Order is WITHOUT PREJUDICE to the right of
the plaintiff to conduct a limited deposition of Mayor Kenney by written questions, pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 31, if plaintiff concludes that a limited number of specific
questions remain unanswered on the current record.

BY THE COURT:
/s/ Hon. Jan E. DuBois
DuBOIS, JAN E., J.