U.S.

District Court District of Massachusetts (Springfield) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:12-cv-30051-MAP
Suxual Minorities Uganda v. Lively Assigned to: Judge Michael A. Ponsor Referred to: Magistrate Judge Kenneth P. Neiman Cause: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Personal Injury Date Filed: 03/14/2012 Jury Demand: Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 360 P.I.: Other Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Date Filed 03/03/2014

Docket Text

105 Magistrate Judge Kenneth P. Neiman: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered endorsing 103 Order Regarding Confidentiality of Certain Discovery Material, subject to one minor correction in Paragraph 5 thereof. In issuing the Order, the court acknowledges 104 Defendants Objection, which echoes arguments previously made by him, most of which were considered by the court in its February 14, 2014 Memorandum and Order (Document No. 102). To be sure, Defendant still maintains that the protective order would be grounded, at least in part, on unsubstantiated allegations. What Defendant fails to recognize, however, is that Judge Ponsor previously found that Plaintiff has set out plausibly that Defendant worked with associates within Uganda to coordinate, implement, and legitimate strategies to dehumanize, demonize, silence, and further criminalize the {Ugandan} LGBTI community. (August 14, 2013 Memorandum and Order Regarding Defendants Motions to Dismiss (Document No. 59), at 34-35 (quoting Plaintiffs Amended Complaint (Document No. 27) at par. 27).) While, as this court indicated in its February 14, 2014 Memorandum and Order, these allegations still need to be proven at trial, they are of significant enough concern, on balance, to make certain protections necessary even at the discovery stage. Order to issue. (Neiman, Kenneth) (Entered: 03/03/2014)