Free Motion for Protective Order - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

MARTIN DICKINSON, Plaintiff v. KEITH SCOTT, ET AL., Defendants

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PRISONER DOCKET NO. 3:03CV970 (PCD) (JGM)

February 17, 2004

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER The defendants, Keith Scott, Hilliard Foster, James Cassidy, Garrell Mullaney and Laurie Arata, move pursuant to Rule 26 (c), F.R.C.P. that all discovery in this matter be stayed until thirty days after the Court's ruling on the defendants' pending Motion to Dismiss. The defendants' Motion to Dismiss challenges all claims raised in the Complaint on the bases that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the plaintiff's claims and/or that such Complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. As further discussed in the accompanying memorandum, a protective order would avoid the burden of responding to the plaintiff's comprehensive discovery requests without prejudicing the interests of the plaintiff. Counsel for the defendants has not contacted the plaintiff concerning this motion, due to the fact that this is a pro se prisoner case.

ORAL ARGUMENT NOT REQUESTED

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DEFENDANTS

RICHARD BLUMENTHAL ATTORNEY GENERAL Richard J. Lynch Assistant Attorney General

BY:

_________________________________ Thomas J. Ring Assistant Attorney General Federal Bar No. ct08293 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 Tel: (860) 808-5210 Fax: (860) 808-5385 [email protected]

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CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed in accordance with Rule 5(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on this 17TH day of February, 2004 to: Martin Dickinson, Pro Se 70 O'Brien Drive Middletown, CT 06457

_____________________________ Thomas J. Ring Assistant Attorney General