Welles

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR DISCOVERY

I.

INTRODUCTION

On July 21, 1999, a discovery conference was conducted in Courtroom E, before the Honorable James F. Stiven, United States Magistrate Judge. Ms. Juanita R. Brooks appeared on behalf of Plaintiff Playboy Enterprises. Ms. Dorothy A. Johnson appeared on behalf of Defendants Terri Welles and Terri Welles, Inc. Plaintiff requested the discovery hearing to address four issues: (1) whether Plaintiff could have access to Defendant’s hard drive to attempt to recover e-mails Defendant has deleted which may be relevant for discovery in this action; (2) whether Plaintiff could discover Defendants’ federal and state income tax returns; (3) to ask the Court to require Defendant to respond to Plaintiffs Interrogatory Number 24, which requests that Defendant provide the factual basis for denying Plaintiffs Request for Admissions Numbers 1 and 2, and Interrogatory Number 25, which demands that Defendant update and/or correct prior discovery responses; and (4) whether Plaintiff could propound three additional interrogatories to Defendant relating to Defendant’s claims for emotional distress based on…