ORDER

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Defendant Gulfstream Training Academy’s (“GTA”) Motion to Compel Responses to its Third Request for Production of Documents Nos. 4 and 8 and Notes from Non-Party Witness (DE 77) and was referred to the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (DE 30).

*386Plaintiff brings this action against Defendants alleging discrimination based on race and religion in violation of the Reconstruction Era Civil Rights Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and the Florida Civil Rights Act. See Amended Complaint (DE 13). Plaintiff alleges that he has sustained past and future pecuniary losses, as well as “emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and other non-pecuniary losses.” Id. at HH19-20 (DE 13). For these alleged wrongs, he seeks compensatory and punitive damages, back and front pay, and attorney’s fees and costs. See id. at 5 (DE 13). The parties have engaged in discovery.1

On January 21, 2008, Plaintiffs counsel deposed GTA’s corporate representative, Thomas Cooper. While attending Mr. Cooper’s deposition, non-party witness Mark Ottosen2 “made a number of separate notes that he subsequently passed to Plaintiffs counsel who retained the notes.” GTA’s Motion at 4 (DE 77); see also Plaintiffs Response at 2 (DE 86) (stating that Mr. Otto-sen’s notes were prepared “at the express request of Plaintiffs counsel for the express purpose of assisting Plaintiffs counsel in questioning____”). GTA now moves the Court to order Plaintiff to produce Mr. Otto-sen’s deposition notes, contending that “they likely contain information relevant to Plaintiffs claims or GTA’s defenses.” GTA’s Reply at 4 (DE 90).3 In addition, GTA has moved the Court to order Plaintiff respond to its Third Request for Production. See Motion (DE 77). The Court having considered the briefed Motion (DE 77, 79, 86, 90, and 94) and being otherwise sufficiently advised, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion (DE 77) is DENIED and DENIED as MOOT as follows:

1. To the extent that GTA’s Motion seeks to compel non-party witness notes, it is DENIED. Although the parties do not dispute that the requested discovery — Mr. Ottosen’s deposition notes to Plaintiffs counsel (prepared at counsel’s direction) — is indeed fact work product, GTA has fallen short of demonstrating the requisite “substantial need” to compel their production. See GTA’s Reply at 3 (DE 90) (acknowledging that the “the notes prepared by non-party witness Ottosen are ‘fact work product’ ”).4 Here, GTA simply contends that it needs Mr. Otto-sen’s notes because they “likely contain information relevant to Plaintiffs claims or GTA’s defenses.” Id. at 4 (DE 90). GTA, however, has already deposed Mr. Ottosen. See GTA’s Reply at 3 (DE 90) (stating that Mark Ottosen, GTA’s former President, “has already been deposed by GTA.”). Because GTA has already had the opportunity to fully explore Mr. Ottosen’s knowledge about Plaintiffs claims and/or GTA’s defenses, it has failed to sufficiently establish a substan*387tial need for this witness’s notes. See e.g., Gargano v. Metro-North, 222 F.R.D. 38, 40 (D.Conn. 2004) (finding that plaintiff could not show a substantial need for witness statement because the witness has “already been deposed” by the plaintiff; plaintiff already had “the opportunity to question the witness about the events at issue.”); Spruill v. Winner Ford of Dover, Ltd., 175 F.R.D. 194, 202 (D.Del. 1997) (defendant failed to show substantial need for work product witness statement where defendant had already interviewed the witness).5 Accordingly, the Court declines to compel Plaintiff to produce these protected documents.

2. To the extent that GTA’s Motion seeks to compel responses to its Third Request for Production, it is DENIED as MOOT. See GTA’s Reply at 1 (DE 90) (“GTA withdraws the portion of its Motion to Compel that relates to Plaintiffs responses to its Third Request for Production Nos. 4 and 8____”).

DONE AND ORDERED.