THOMAS THRASH, District Judge
The Court, having considered the submissions of the parties on Plaintiffs' Motion to Initiate Limited Discovery (the "Motion") and having heard argument at a hearing held on December 2, 2003, hereby rules, for the reasons set forth during that hearing, that the Motion is granted in part and denied in part, as follows:
1. Plaintiffs may initiate discovery of non-party Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen") as follows:
(a) Plaintiffs may serve a subpoena on Andersen pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 34 and 45 for the production of documents and obtain such documents from Andersen.
(b) Plaintiffs may also serve a subpoena on, and depose, Andersen pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(b)(6) and 45 for a deposition for the purpose of (i) obtaining information concerning the maintenance, preservation and production of documents relating to its audit work for AFC Enterprises and (ii) identifying witnesses with knowledge of the issues in this case.
2. Plaintiff's Motion is denied in all other respects.
SO ORDERED.