Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Supreme Staffing LLC et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
WESTERN DIVISION
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
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No. 2:22-cv-02668-SHL-tmp
v.
SUPREME STAFFING LLC, BETTER
PLACEMENTS PERSONNEL LLC, and
INSPIRE HOTEL STAFFING LLC,
Defendants.
ORDER STAYING THE ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENA TO THIRD-PARTY TEMPWORKS
AND REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO RESPOND TO MOTION FOR TEMPORARY
PROTECTIVE ORDER
Before the Court is Defendants Supreme Staffing LLC, Better Placements Personnel
LLC, and Inspire Hotel Staffing LLC’s Emergency Motion for Temporary Protective Order
Pausing Issuance of Disputed Third-Party Subpoena, filed December 31, 2025. (ECF No. 174.)
In the Motion, “Defendants seek an emergency temporary protective order that pauses the
EEOC’s issuance of a disputed third-party subpoena until objections to the subpoena are
resolved.” (Id. at PageID 1711.)
Given that Defendants have contested the appropriateness of the third-party subpoena
that Plaintiff Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) seems poised to issue
to TempWorks, the Court will temporarily stay the issuance of the subpoena until the matter can
be resolved. The EEOC shall respond to Defendants’ Motion by January 9. 2026, if the Parties
have not resolved the issue by then. The EEOC’s response shall address whether good cause
exists to issue the temporary protective order, and shall otherwise respond to the Motion.
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IT IS SO ORDERED, this 1st day of January, 2026.
s/ Sheryl H. Lipman
SHERYL H. LIPMAN
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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