Life Alert Emergency Response Inc v. Connect America.com LLC et al

Filing 224

ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL MASTER REPORT #1 (Dkt. No. 222 ) by Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal. The Court orders the parties to complete the production as directed by the Special Master to th e extent that the production has not been completed. The Court refers this matter back to the Special Master for an order setting deadlines for the completion of each stage of the production as described in the Report. (See document for further details). (mr)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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LIFE ALERT EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
INC.,

Case No. CV 13-03455 JAK (SS)

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ORDER ACCEPTING AND ADOPTING

Plaintiff,
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FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND

v.
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RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL

CONNECT AMERICA.COM LLC, et
al.,

MASTER REPORT #1
Defendants.

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(Dkt. No. 222)

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On

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August

14,

2014,

the

Honorable

Patricia

L.

Collins

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(ret.), pursuant to her designation as the Special Master in the

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above-captioned matter, (see Dkt. No. 209), issued Special Master

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Report #1 (the “Report”) regarding a dispute between Plaintiff

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Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc. (“Life Alert”) and Defendant

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LifeWatch, Inc. (“LifeWatch”) about the production of customer

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lists

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(Dkt. No. 222).

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in which it clarified or corrected two factual statements in the

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“Issue

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However,

and

audio

recordings

customer

information.

On August 25, 2014, Life Alert filed Objections

Presented”
Life

containing

section

Alert

of

the

objected

Report.
to

the

(Dkt.
Special

No.

223).

Master’s

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recommendations regarding the scope of the production and the

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procedures to be followed “only to the extent that [the Special

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Master] did not set deadlines for the tasks to be completed.”

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(Id. at 2).

LifeWatch did not file any Objections to the Report.

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The time for filing Objections to the Report has passed and

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this matter is now ripe for adjudication.

Following a de novo

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review of the findings and conclusions of the Report pursuant to

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 53(f), the Court accepts and

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adopts

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amended by the factual clarifications and corrections identified

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by Life Alert in its Objections Nos. 1 and 2.

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the parties to complete the production as directed by the Special

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Master to the extent that the production has not been completed.

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The Court refers this matter back to the Special Master for an

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order setting deadlines for the completion of each stage of the

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production as described in the Report.

all

of

the

Report’s

findings

and

recommendations,

as

The Court orders

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED:

August 27, 2014
/S/
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SUZANNE H. SEGAL
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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