*1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department 1395

CA 13-01596

PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, LINDLEY, AND SCONIERS, JJ. KENNETH M. SCHLAU, JR., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT,

V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CITY OF BUFFALO, BUFFALO URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, WESTERN NEW YORK ARENA, LLC, HSBC ARENA, ADT

SECURITY SERVICES, INC. (ADT),

DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS,

ET AL., DEFENDANTS.

(APPEAL NO. 2.) WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, EDELMAN & DICKER LLP, NEW YORK CITY (GREGORY J. DELL OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

PAUL W. BELTZ, P.C., BUFFALO (DEBRA A. NORTON OF COUNSEL), FOR PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Diane Y.

Devlin, J.), entered January 29, 2013. The order, among other things, denied the motion of defendants City of Buffalo, Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency, Western New York Arena, LLC, HSBC Arena and ADT Security Services, Inc. (ADT) for a protective order seeking general limits on further discovery and the number of depositions.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Same Memorandum as in Schlau v City of Buffalo ([appeal No. 1] ___ AD3d ___ [Feb. 13, 2015]).

Entered: February 6, 2015 Frances E. Cafarell

Clerk of the Court