Toven

Proceedings: Defendants’ Motion for Review of Magistrate Judge’s Order and Objections to Same; Request for Stay (In Chambers)

Pending before this Court is Defendants Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) and Consolidated Graphics, Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan’s (collectively “Defendants”) Motion for Review of Magistrate Judge’s Discovery Order. On September 12, 2007, the Magistrate Judge issued an Order Denying Defendant’s Motion for a Protective Order. Defendants filed their Motion for Review of the Magistrate Judge’s Discovery Order on September 26, 2007 Plaintiff Samuel Toven (“Plaintiff’) opposed on October 5, 2007 Defendant filed a reply on October 15, 2007. The Court found the motion appropriate for determination without oral argument and took it under submission. See Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 78; Local Rule 7-15. Upon consideration of the parties’ submissions and the case file, this Court hereby AFFIRMS the Magistrate Judge’s Order Denying Defendant’s Motion for a Protective Order.

I.Factual and Procedural Background

On September 12, 2007, Magistrate Judge Ralph Zarefsky issued an Order Denying Defendant’s Motion for Protective Order. (Maunder Decl. Ex. A at 3.) In moving…