Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bashas' Inc.

Filing 47

ORDERED that (1) in accordance with the applicable rules and law, Bashas shall timely file and serve its response to the E.E.O.C.'s Motion to Clarify; (2) in accordance with the applicable rules and law, the E.E.O.C. shall timely file and serve its reply; and the court FURTHER ORDERS that: (3) given this recently filed motion to clarify and the fairly imminent discovery response deadline, the court hereby VACATES the 11/7/09 discovery deadline. After full briefing, in its ruling on the E.E.O.C.s motion to clarify, the court will set a new discovery response deadline. Signed by Judge Robert C Broomfield on 10/27/09. (RCB)(.pdf document is attached)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Equal Employment Opportunity) Commission, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) ) Bashas', Inc., ) ) Respondent. ) )

No. CIV 09-0209 PHX RCB ORDER

On September 30, 2009, this court, inter alia, granted the "Motion for Leave to Conduct Limited Discovery" by respondent, Bashas', Inc. E.E.O.C. v. Bashas', Inc., 2009 WL 3241763, at Since then, Bashas' has upon the E.E.O.C.

*17 (D.Ariz. 2009) ("E.E.O.C. II"). served several forms of

discovery

Additionally, Bashas' has served subpoenas on six other nonparty entities and individuals. From the E.E.O.C.'s perspective, the requested discovery is "far beyond what the Court envisioned in" E.E.O.C. II. (doc. 46) at 1:27-28 (citation omitted). Mot.

Therefore, on October

26, 2009, the E.E.O.C. filed the pending "Motion to Clarify

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Order Granting Limited Discovery" (doc. 46). discovery responses

Because its

currently are due on November 7, 2009, the

E.E.O.C. also is requesting a stay of the time in which to respond to Bashas' discovery requests, and an "expedited ruling" on this motion. Id. at 2:2-3.

The court hereby ORDERS that: (1) in accordance with the applicable rules and law, Bashas' shall timely file and serve its response to the

E.E.O.C.'s Motion to Clarify; (2) in accordance with the applicable rules and law, the E.E.O.C. shall timely file and serve its reply; and the court FURTHER ORDERS that: (3) given this recently filed motion to clarify and the fairly imminent discovery response deadline, the court hereby VACATES the November 7, 2009 discovery deadline. After full

briefing, in its ruling on the E.E.O.C.'s motion to clarify, the court will set a new discovery response deadline. DATED this 27th day of October, 2009.

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