LETTER ORDER-OPINION

Re: [D.E. 157]

STEVEN C. MANNION, Magistrate Judge.

Dear Litigants:

Before this Court is Plaintiff Lemont Love's ("Mr. Love") informal motion for leave to serve additional interrogatories.1 Defendant Corrections Officers Gerald Doyle, Ruben Morales, and Robert Wasik, and Administrator Patrick Nogan ("Mr. Nogan") (collectively, "State Defendants") oppose the motion.2 The Court has reviewed the parties' respective submissions and decides the issues without oral argument. For the reasons set forth herein, Mr. Love's informal motion is denied.

Mr. Love seeks to serve additional interrogatories on Mr. Nogan.3 He posits that the additional interrogatories are required because Mr. Nogan allegedly came to his cell, upon learning of this lawsuit, ". . . and retaliated" against Mr. Love.4 Mr. Love's application to add these new allegations to this case, however, was denied,5 and Judge Wigenton affirmed this Court's order on November 13, 2017, finding it "[in]appropriate to supplement the First Amended Complaint with these new causes of action."6

The sole purpose of discovery is to add flesh for trial on the parties' respective claims and defenses in the given action. Discovery is not a fishing expedition for potential claims.7 The requested additional interrogatories are not relevant to this litigation and therefore the motion is denied. The Clerk of Court will mail a copy of this Order to Mr. Love.

IT IS SO ORDERED.