Southern v. Asbestos Processing LLC et al

Filing 394

ORDER granting 306 MOTION to Quash Couch Defendants' deposition notices and subpoenas to certain of Plaintiffs' trial counsel. Signed by Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. on 01/12/2015.(bshr, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ROCK HILL DIVISION
Odell Parker; Ruth Parker; Larry Southern;
Roy Southern; Yvonne Harris; and Barbara
Patterson, individually and on behalf of others
similarly situated in the State of South
Carolina,

Civil Action No. 0:11-cv-1800-JFA

Plaintiffs,

ORDER

vs.
Asbestos Processing, LLC; Richard H.
Bishoff, PC; Richard H. Bishoff; John M.
Deakle; A. Joel Bentley; A. Joel Bentley Law
Office; William R. Couch; Couch Law Firm;
David O. McCormick; Cumbest, Cumbest,
Hunter & McCormick; Crymes G. Pittman;
Pittman, Germany, Roberts & Welsh, LLP;
John Michael Simms; and Lawyer John Doe
and Jane Doe,
Defendants.
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Quash Couch Defendants’
Deposition Notices and Subpoenas to Certain of Plaintiffs’ Trial Counsel, ECF No. 306. In
order to help rule on the Motion, on January 8, 2015, this Court ordered Brent P. Stewart, Esq.
and Ann McCrowey Mickle, Esq., counsel of record in the present action, to submit ex parte
for in camera review affidavits answering two questions proffered by the Court. Based on the
responses provided by Stewart and Mickle, the Court holds that the subpoenas served upon,
and depositions noticed to, Stewart and Mickle would serve no useful purpose in the present
controversy. Therefore, the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Motion to Quash Couch Defendants’
Deposition Notices and Subpoenas to Certain of Plaintiffs’ Trial Counsel, ECF No. 306.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

January 12, 2015
Columbia, South Carolina

Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.
United States District Judge