DANIEL J. STEWART, Magistrate Judge.
Presently before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Compel Defendants Farnum, Smith-Creaser, Allen, Hollenbeck, and Kunz to provide "complete and full answers" to certain Interrogatories that were propounded to them. Dkt. No. 87. Defendants oppose Plaintiff's Motion to Compel. Dkt. No. 91. A telephone conference was held, on the record, on April 20, 2017, wherein all parties appeared and had a full opportunity to present their respective positions. I issued a decision on the record, in which, after applying the requisite legal standards,
After due deliberation, and based upon the Court's oral decision, which is incorporated in its entirety by reference herein, it is hereby,
(A) Interrogatories ## 6 and 7 inquire whether Defendant Farnum observed Plaintiff assaulting staff, and seeks the names of any staff claiming to have been assaulted by him. In her response, Defendant Farnum indicates that she did witness Plaintiff struggle violently with staff members, and that she believed Defendant Allen had told her that Plaintiff lunged at him in a threatening manner. Dkt. No. 87-1 at p. 5. The Court finds that these answers are responsive to the Interrogatories, and therefore
(B) Interrogatories ## 13 and 17 request a generalized summary of the behavior that would warrant the transfer of patients to Unit-102, as well as a list of residents of the facility who are alleged to have physically assaulted staff but who were not compelled to consume psychotropic medication. Dkt. No. 87-1, at pp. 7-8. Defendant Farnum objects to these Interrogatories upon the grounds that the information is not relevant to the Plaintiff's claims, and also that it would call for disclosure of other patients' medical and psychiatric history. The Court agrees and notes that the specific issue in the case to be resolved involves an alleged excessive use of force against the Plaintiff on January 8, 2012, and the request for information concerning other patients, or generalized protocol for transfer of patients to a specific unit, is not proportionally relevant to the needs of this particular case and would impact privacy concerns of individuals are not parties to the action. Accordingly the Court
(A) By Interrogatories ## 5 & 11, Defendant Smith-Creaser was asked about the exact time when she was notified that the Plaintiff was to be placed in the "Restraint-Seclusion-Sideroom" and further, the name of any staff member that informed her that the Plaintiff had assaulted them or other staff. Dkt. No. 87-1, at pp. 14-16. In response, Defendant Smith-Creaser indicated that she could not recall the exact time, but she was on her way to lunch when it occurred and she was not present at the time of the alleged assault. Id. In addition, she believes that Defendants Allen, Kunz, and Parrish informed her that Plaintiff had raised his hands and approached Defendant Allen in a threatening manner. Id. While the Plaintiff objects to these responses because he believes that the answers are inconsistent with other documentary evidence that he has, and his own personal recollection, the Court finds that the answers are complete and therefore
(A) Plaintiff objects to Defendant Allen's responses to Interrogatories ## 11 and 12. These Interrogatories generally request the Defendant's knowledge concerning the procedure for placement in the "Restraint-Seclusion-Sideroom." See Dkt. No. 87-1, at pp. 26-27. Defendant Allen's response consists of a reference to the formal seclusion/restraint policy of the facility, which was attached to the Interrogatories as an Exhibit. Id.; see also Dkt. No. 91-1. While the Court agrees that reference to the policy is appropriate in connection with these responses, the Court directs that the responses be supplemented so as to indicate whether Defendant Allen had knowledge of the seclusion/restraint policy at the time of the incident, and generally what the Defendant's understanding was regarding the appropriateness of leaving a resident alone and/or unattended while restrained. To this limited extent, the Plaintiff's Motion to Compel is
(A) Interrogatory # 14 requests that the Defendant Hollenbeck identify whether he has ever been accused of previously assaulting any CNYPC-SOTP resident. Dkt. No. 87-1, at p. 50. Defendant objects. Id. The Court notes that there presently is no claim for failure to train or supervise Defendant Hollenbeck, or any supervisory § 1983 claim. Rather, Plaintiff indicates that he needs such evidence as "character evidence." The Court agrees that such evidence is only tangentially related to the Plaintiff's present claims, and therefore it will not require the Defendant to respond to this particular Interrogatory. However, and as noted hereinafter, the Court is directing that the personnel files of certain Defendants, including Defendant Hollenbeck, be provided to Chambers for an in camera review.
(A) Plaintiff objects to Defendant Kunz's responses to Interrogatories ## 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. See Dkt. No. 87-1 at pp. 34-37. The Court notes that Defendant Kunz, in fact, responded to Interrogatories ## 3, 5, 8, and 9, and therefore Plaintiff's request to compel a different response is
And it is further
Pursuant to FED R. CIV. P. 72(a), the parties have fourteen (14)