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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 25-21595-CIV-SINGHAL/TORRES 
 
 
JOHNNY MOORE,  
 
 Plaintiff, 
 
v. 
 
EQUIFAX INFORMATION 
SOLUTIONS, INC., TRANS UNION, 
LLC, and EQUIFAX INFORMATION 
SERVICES, LLC,  
 
 Defendants. 
 
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S 
 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION 
 
THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation on 
Protective Order (DE [155]).  On April 14, 2026, Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres issued 
a report recommending that the Court adopt the Protective Order included in Defendant 
Experian’s Status Report Regarding Stipulated Protective Order (DE [133] ).  The ot her 
Defendants agree to the terms of the protective order, but Plaintiff does not.   
Plaintiff filed timely objections to Judge Torres ’s Report and Recommendation.  
See (DE [ 162]).  This Court has conducted a de novo review of the objections, in 
accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), and finds that the objections are without merit 
and are therefore overruled.  Schwartz v. Jones, 2020 WL 905234, at *1 (S.D. Fla. Feb. 
25, 2020), aff'd sub nom. Schwartz v. Sec'y, Fla. Dep't of Corr., 842 Fed. Appx. 442 (11th 
Cir. 2021).   
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Plaintiff’s main concern is that the Defendants are playing a shell game with 
discovery materials—with one hand requesting a limitation on how materials can be used, 
and with the other, not turning over requested discovery .  But this objection is aimed at 
other discovery issues, not the appropriateness of a protective order.  The proposed 
protective order will act ually expedite discovery, providing the parties necessary 
assurance before they turn over sensitive and private documents.  The proposed 
Protective Order contains standard, garden-variety terms.  The Court takes no issue with 
the proposed order.   
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 
1. The magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation (DE [ 155]) is 
AFFIRMED and ADOPTED.  
2. The Protective Order, as revised by Magistrate Judge Torres and attached 
to (DE [155]), is ADOPTED, with one stylistic change. 
3. The Protective Order shall be entered by separate order. 
DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this 10th  day of 
June 2026. 
 
 
 
Copies furnished counsel via CM/ECF 
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