Naff et al v. State Farm General Insurance Company

Filing 23

ORDER AFTER IN CAMERA REVIEW of Records from Lifetime Chiropractic, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital-Billing, Mercy Hospital-Billing, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 3/3/2016. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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HALONDA NAFF, et al,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Defendant.
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Case No.: 1:15-cv-00515 JLT
ORDER AFTER IN CAMERA REVIEW OF
RECORDS FROM LIFETIME CHIROPRACTIC,
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITALBILLING, MERCY HOSPITAL-BILLING

The parties agreed that subpoenaed records related to Halonda Naff would be produced to the

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Court for an in camera review. All agreed that in the event the Court finds records that should be

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disclosed, it will issue an order describing the records generally and identifying them by Bates

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number. It will give Plaintiffs a deadline by which they will indicate whether they continue to object

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to the production of the records. If they do, the Court will decide whether a further conference would

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be fruitful or simply authorize defendant to proceed with a motion to compel. In the event the Court

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finds no records should be disclosed, the Court will issue an order broadly outlining its findings and

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indicating that the subpoenas should be quashed.

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The Court has conducted the review of records produced by Lifetime Chiropractic, Bakersfield

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Memorial Hospital-Billing, and Mercy Hospital-Billing. Notably, Lifetime reported it had no records

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and Mercy Hospital had no records created during the pertinent time period. Memorial Hospital had a

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few records made during the relevant time period but, in the Court’s view, the records have no bearing

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on the issues raised in this case. Thus, the Court ORDERS:

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None of these records will be disclosed;

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Within seven days, Plaintiff’s counsel SHALL retrieve the documents provided to the

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Court for in camera review from the office of the Clerk of the Court, at the United States Courthouse

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located at 510 19th Street, Bakersfield, CA.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 3, 2016

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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