Order on One Millionth Discovery Dispute
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., is demonstrating her impatience with pretrial document battles with a ruling titled “Order on One Millionth Discovery Dispute.”
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer issued the order on Monday in a suit by a contractor, Caroline Herron, who says Fannie Mae illegally terminated her position because of her complaints about mismanagement. Law.com links to the order (PDF), calling it “a rare display of judicial sarcasm” for the judge.
“Much as the court admires the advocacy of counsel” Collyer wrote, “it is exhausted with these disputes.” Collyer said the parties were “inching towards the end of discovery, the time for which has been extended repeatedly.”
Fed-up federal judge has apparently seen way too many discovery disputes