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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1964 Civil Remedies: Racketeering (RICO) Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTON A. EWING,

Plaintiff,

v.

PHILIP A. FLORA (aka Phil Flora or 

Philip Anthony Flora); EVERY DATA, 

INC., an unknown corporation; EVERY 

DATA, a fictitious business; DOES 1-

100; ABC CORPORATIONS 1-100; 

LLC’S 1-100,

Defendants.

Case No.: 14cv2925 AJB (NLS)

ORDER OVERRULING 

PLAINTIFF’S OBJECTION AND 

DENYING PARTIAL APPEAL

(Doc. No. 41) 

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Anton Ewing’s (“Plaintiff”) notice of partial 

appeal of the order granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ motion for a 

protective order. (Doc. No. 42.) On August 26, 2015, Magistrate Judge Stormes issued an 

order granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ motion for a protective order. 

(Doc. No. 40.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), a party may object to a 

magistrate judge’s order at which point the “district judge in the case must consider 

timely objections and modify or set aside any part of the order that is clearly erroneous or 

is contrary to law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a). Plaintiff’s only objection is that a portion of the 

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order lacks legal authority. However, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

26(c)(1), the Court has authority to enter protective orders and is afforded wide discretion 

in doing so. This authority includes entering a protective order specifying the terms for 

discovery and prescribing a discovery method other than the one selected by the parties. 

See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)(1)(B),(C). Accordingly, Plaintiff’s objection is OVERRULED

and the partial appeal is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 4, 2015

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