Opinion ID: 547494
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Text: 16 Rule 35 authorizes a mental examination only by a physician or a psychologist. It is clear that a vocational rehabilitation expert is not a physician under Rule 35. See Landry v. Green Bay & Western R. Co., 121 F.R.D. 400, 401 (E.D.Wis.1988); Soudelier v. Tug Nan Services, Inc., 116 F.R.D. 429, 430 (E.D.La.1987); Acocella v. Montauk Oil Transportation Corp., 614 F.Supp. 1437, 1439 (S.D.N.Y.1985). In addition, there has been no showing in this case that Tenneco's proposed expert is a psychologist.