George v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

Filing 42

ORDER - In accord with the accompanying Memorandum 41 : Pltf's mtn for reconsideration 34 is denied. PTC's request for sanctions is denied. PTC's request to extend fact discovery ddl is granted. Fact discovery ddl ext'd to 3/9/20. See order for other sepecifics.Signed by Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo on 3/2/20. (ma)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
BIJU GEORGE,
Plaintiff,
v.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
COMMISSION,
Defendant.

Civil No. 1:18-CV-00766

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Judge Sylvia H. Rambo

ORDER
In accordance with the accompanying memorandum, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED:
(1) that Plaintiff Biju George’s (“George”) motion for reconsideration is
DENIED;
(2) that by no later than March 13, 2020, (a) the parties shall meet and confer
and agree to search terms and protocol for searching George’s laptop and
email accounts for information related to his efforts to mitigate damages,
and (b) George shall deliver his laptop, and access to any email accounts
that were used to apply to jobs, to Defendant Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission’s (“PTC”) discovery vendor;
(3) that PTC’s discovery vendor shall preserve the laptop’s contents by
creating a mirror image if necessary and shall perform the agreed-upon
search term analysis for documents related to George’s efforts to mitigate
damages;
(4) that any information returned by the search term analysis will first be
produced to George’s counsel for review by no later than March 20, 2020,
and then produced to PTC (subject to any objections by George) by no
later than April 3, 2020. Any information withheld by George must be
identified in a privilege log;

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(5) that PTC’s request for sanctions is DENIED;
(6) that PTC’s request to extend the fact discovery deadline is GRANTED.
The deadline for completing fact discovery is March 9, 2020, except that
the deadline for completing the aforementioned forensic examination,
document product, and deposition of George is April 30, 2020. After
March 9, 2020, no other fact discovery besides that specified herein is
permitted by either party without leave of the court.

/s/ Sylvia H. Rambo
SYLVIA H. RAMBO
United States District Judge
Dated: March 2, 2020

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