SALVATO v. LAUREN MILEY, NORMAN BROWN and CHRIS BLAIR Case No:5:12-CV-635-Oc-10PRL June 11, 2013
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OCALA DIVISION
Interrogatories: every cell phone you have had every email address you have had every social media account you have had identify: any website/message board membership { { Include details like numbers, providers, usernames, etc. Date range July 5, 2012-February 1, 2013
text messages emails social media communication comments on websites Request for Production: any website/message board membership { { produce: { { Exclude privilege That relate to the events in the complaint. Date range July 5, 2012-February 1, 2013 Date range July 5, 2012-February 1, 2013
Plaintiff has “essentially sought permission to conduct ‘a fishing expedition’ . . . on the mere hope of finding relevant evidence.” Judge says:
Tompkins v. Detroit Metropolitan Airport, 278 F.R.D. 387, 388 (E.D.Mich. Jan. 18, 2012)(quoting McCann v. Harleysville Ins. Co. of New York, 78 A.D.3d 1524, 1524 (N.Y. App. Div. 2010)) Quoting: defendant sought Authorization for plaintiff's Facebook account defendant sought entire Facebook account
...based on Plaintiff’s very limited showing as to the relevance of the requested discovery and the broadly drafted discovery requests, Plaintiffs motion to compel... is due to be DENIED.