Hunt v. Cunningham et al

Filing 14

ORDER Granting Defendant's 13 Motion for Protective Order. Signed by Magistrate Judge James P. Hutton. (MO, Courtroom Deputy)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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DONALD R. HUNT,

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NO. 4:15-cv-5042 JPH
Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
FOR PROTECTIVE
ORDER

v.
KELLON CUNNINGHAM, VICTOR
OWENS, JERRY WONDERS, CHAD
KROSHUS, RAYDEAN GEORGE,
ED TROWBRIDGE, MIKE
HANRATTY, JOAN ROPER, CHRIS
HICKS, JEFFREY A. UTTECHT,

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Defendants.
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Defendants filed a Motion for Protective Order, ECF No. 13, seeking
to stay discovery with respect to five named defendants, until the Court rules
on defendants’ pending motion for judgment on the pleadings, ECF No. 12.
Plaintiff agrees discovery with respect to one of the defendants (Kroshus) but
not to the other four. ECF No. 13 at 2.
The Court is fully advised and has examined the pleadings.
Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED:
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Defendants’ Motion for Protective Order, ECF No. 13, is

GRANTED;

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All discovery propounded to Defendants Uttecht, George,

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Hanratty, Trowbridge and Kroshus in this matter is hereby STAYED

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pending this Court’s ruling on Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the

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Pleadings, ECF No. 12; and

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The Clerk is directed to send uncertified copies of this Order to

Plaintiff and to counsel for Defendants.
DATED this21st day of August, 2015.

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s/ James P. Hutton
JAMES P. HUTTON
United States Magistrate Judge

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