Jamilah McCray v. Target Corporation

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana rules on Plaintiff Jamilah McCray's motion for a protective order concerning discovery of her private social media content. The court denies the motion as to subject matter but grants it in part by limiting responsive production to content from January 1, 2024, through the present.

Holdings

1. The requests were relevant and proportional to the needs of the case to the extent they sought content connecting Target with Plaintiff's religious or spiritual beliefs, her alleged workplace harassment, or the claims and defenses in the litigation. The motion for a protective order was denied as to the subject matter of Interrogatory No. 7 and Request No. 20.
2. The motion for a protective order was granted in part to clarify that Plaintiff need produce responsive social-media content only from January 1, 2024, through the present.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Defendant's requests for social-media content concerning Target, Plaintiff's religious or spiritual beliefs, and the claims or defenses in the case sought information relevant and proportional to the needs of the case.
2. Whether the social-media discovery requests were temporally overbroad and should be limited to content from January 1, 2024, through the present.

Disposition

other