DECISION & ORDER Before this Court is an appeal by defendants Robert Alin Pilkington and Misook Kim from the order of United States Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy rejecting their claim of Fifth Amendment privilege. On July 29, 2022, Pilkington and Kim suspended plaintiff Moog Inc.’s access to certain electronic devices that Pilkington and Kim had previously produced pursuant to a stipulated order. Docket Item 228-2 at 19. About two weeks later, Pilkington and Kim moved to claw back those devices, arguing that the production of those devices was protected by their Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Docket Item 229. That same day, Moog moved to restore its access to Pilkington’s and Kim’s devices. Docket Item 228. On August 25, 2022, Judge McCarthy, to whom this case was referred under 28 U.S.C. §636(b)(1)(A) and (B), denied Pilkington’s and Kim’s motion and granted Moog’s motion.1 Docket Items 251, 253. In his Report, Recommendation and Order (“RR&O”), Judge McCarthy determined that Pilkington and Kim could not assert a Fifth Amendment privilege over the production of their electronic devices. Docket Item 253. And Judge McCarthy concluded that even if Pilkington and Kim could assert a Fifth Amendment privilege, any such privilege had been waived. Id. On September 9, 2022, Pilkington and Kim moved for an interim stay of Judge McCarthy’s decision. Docket Item 260. That afternoon, this Court entered a temporary stay of the decision and set a briefing schedule on Pilkington’s and Kim’s forthcoming objections to the RR&O. Docket Item 261. Pilkington and Kim subsequently filed their objections on September 12, 2022, Docket Item 264; Moog responded on September 19, 2022, Docket Item 266; and Pilkington and Kim replied on September 23, 2022, Docket Item 268. This Court heard oral argument on Pilkington’s and Kim’s objections on September 27, 2022. Docket Item 269. This Court has carefully and thoroughly reviewed the record in this case; the RR&O; the objections, response, and replies; and the materials submitted to Judge McCarthy. Based on that review, this Court affirms Judge McCarthy’s decision. The temporary stay of that order, Docket Item 261, is vacated, and Pilkington’s and Kim’s motion to stay Judge McCarthy’s order, Docket Item 260, is denied as moot. FACTUAL BACKGROUND2 On March 7, 2022, Moog commenced this action against Skyryse and two of Skyryse’s then-employees, Pilkington and Kim, alleging that the defendants “misappropriate[d] valuable confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information” from Moog “by way of stealing it.” Docket Item 1 at 4. In its complaint, Moog alleged that Pilkington and Kim, two former Moog employees who left to go to Skyryse, worked together “to copy and misappropriate” more than 136,000 files from Moog for use at Skyryse. Id. at
