Free Order on Motion to Disqualify Counsel - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

Case 3:03-cv-00383-WIG

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT WASLEY PRODUCTS ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. BULAKITES, ET AL. Defendants. : : : : : : : : :

CIVIL NO. 3:03CV383 (MRK) LEAD CASE

ORDER Having held an on-the-record telephonic status conference with the parties on August 31, 2005, the Court enters the following orders in this consolidated case: 1. The Motion to Disqualify Counsel [doc. # 169] is DENIED as moot in view of the

Court's Order [doc. # 205] granting the motions of prior counsel for Lincoln National Life Insurance ("Lincoln National") to withdraw from the case. 2. The Motion for Default Entry [doc. # 185] is DENIED as moot in view of the fact

that the Defendants who were the subject of the motion have now answered the complaint. 3. Lincoln National's Motion for Extension of Time [doc. # 194] is GRANTED.

Lincoln National shall have until September 15, 2005, to respond to the Wasley Defendants' First Set of Interrogatories and Requests for Production. 4. For the reasons stated during the telephonic conference and in accordance with the

provisions of Connecticut's Personnel Files Act, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-128f, the Court orders and directs Nationwide Life Insurance Company of America f/k/a Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company ("Nationwide") to produce and disclose to any other party in this 1

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consolidated case, any personnel information regarding Messrs. Bulakites and Winslow that may be requested in discovery, subject to any confidentiality stipulation to which the parties may agree. 5. The Wasley Defendants' Objection to Nationwide's Motion for Extension of Time

is SUSTAINED I N PART. Nationwide shall respond to the Wasley Defendants' discovery requests no later than September 7, 2005.

IT IS SO ORDERED,

/s/

Mark R. Kravitz United States District Judge

Dated at New Haven, Connecticut: August 31, 2005

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