Bjork v. County of Placer District Attorney's Office

Filing 60

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 7/25/2016 GRANTING plaintiff's 49 , 50 Motions to Compel and DENYING defendants 54 Motion to Quash subpoena of Teresa Levenfeld. (Zignago, K.)

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JILL P. TELFER, (STATE BAR NO. 145450)
LAW OFFICES OF JILL P. TELFER
A Professional Corporation
331 J Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiff
KARIN BJORK

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UNITED STATES OF DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Lead Case No. 2:14-cv-01983-MCE-EFB
Case No. 2:13-cv-01616-MCE-EFB

KARIN BJORK,

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Plaintiff,
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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO COMPEL
DOCUMENTS AND DENYING
DEFENDANTS MOTION TO QUASH A
DEPOSITION SUBPOENA OF TERESA
LEVENFELD

vs.
COUNTY OF PLACER THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive,

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Defendant.
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Date:
Time:
Courtroom:
Judge:

KARIN BJORK,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.

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COUNTY OF PLACER THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive,

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Defendant.
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[PROPOSED] ORDER

July 20, 2016
10:00 a.m.
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Hon. Edmund F. Brennan

Plaintiff Karin Bjork’s (“Bjork”) two Motions to Compel Documents [Dkt. 49 and 50] and

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Defendants Motion to Quash the deposition subpoena of investigator Teresa Levenfeld [Dkt. 54]

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came on for hearing on Wednesday July 20, 2016. Jill P. Telfer appeared on behalf of Plaintiff

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Karin Bjork. David K. Huskey appeared on behalf of Defendant County of Placer District

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Attorney’s Office.

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After review of the papers and arguments made by counsel, the Court granted Plaintiff’s
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Motion to Compel Document Request 4, 6, 8, 15, 18, 22 and 24 with the following conditions:
1. Plaintiff shall amend document request No. 15, 22, and 24 to be more narrowly tailored

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as described at the hearing.

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2. Third parties whose documents are being produced in response to Document Request
No. 15 shall have 7 days to object to the production of documents. Said objection must be
electronically filed with the Court.

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3. Counsel for the Defendant shall immediately notify third parties whose records are being

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requested, under Document Request No. 15 and inform them of their right to object to document

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request within seven days.

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4. As to documents requested concerning third party Rich Opich, the Defendant is only
required to produce documents concerning any performance concerns about Rich Opich over the
last 10 years of his employment. However, if Defendant plans to raise issues regarding Rich

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Opich’s performance from an earlier time frame, it must immediately turn over any responsive
documents from the earlier time frame.

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As to these three discovery motions, the parties are reminded that if there is a need to

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modify the protective order, the parties may do so and submit a proposed order to the Court.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 25, 2016.

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EDMUND F. BRENNAN
MAGISTRATE JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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Approved as to Form:

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/s/ David Huskey
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David K. Huskey
Attorney for Defendant County of Placer

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[PROPOSED] ORDER