Richmond v. Mission Bank

Filing 34

ORDER AFTER INFORMAL DISCOVERY CONFERENCE, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 2/20/2015. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JAN RICHMOND,

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Plaintiff,

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v.
MISSION BANK,

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Defendants.

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Case No.: 1:14-cv-00184 JLT
ORDER AFTER INFORMAL DISCOVERY
CONFERENCE
(Doc. 22)

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On February 19, the Court held an informal telephone conference regarding a discovery dispute

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between the parties. At the conference, Defendant agreed to amend its response to requests 18 and 21

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of the request for production to indicate that it had located no document responsive to the requests.

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As to requests 21, 22, 23 and 24, Defendant agreed to produce the documents for an in camera

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review. In addition, Defendant will provide the Court a summary of its policies, whether formal or

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informal, as to how credit worthiness bears on hiring decisions for all job types including those where

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the prospective employee is seeking a job where the applicant will have access to cash and those where

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the applicant will not have access to cash. In the event the Court determines there are documents that

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are responsive, the Court will initiate a telephone conference for further discussions.

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Though the parties were unable to come to informal agreement regarding request 28 and the

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deposition of Jamee Pugh, they had resolve the issue related request 27 before the conference.

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Therefore, the Court ORDERS:

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No later than February 27, 2015, Defendant SHALL produce to the Court documents

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responsive to requests 21-24 along with a brief summary of Defendant’s policies regarding the

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creditworthiness of prospective employees. The summary SHALL be provided to Plaintiff’s counsel

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also. If Defendant wishes, the original documents may be personally delivered by a custodian of the

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records who may await their return after the review is completed. In this is Defendant’s preferred

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course, it SHALL set up an appointment with the Court, by contacting Courtroom Deputy Clerk, Susan

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Hall (661-326-6620/[e-mail]);

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Plaintiff is authorized to file a motion to compel as to request 28 and the deposition of

Jamee Pugh. The motion SHALL comply with Local Rule 251(c).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

February 20, 2015

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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