Haddad v. Monumental Life Insurance Company

Filing 37

ORDER RE: PLAINTIFFS LETTER BRIEF (Dkt. No. 36). Signed by Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on 12/6/2013. (ahm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/6/2013)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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JOSEPH HADDAD,

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Plaintiff,

Case No.: C-13-01636 YGR (JSC)
ORDER RE: PLAINTIFF’S LETTER
BRIEF (Dkt. No. 36)

v.

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MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.

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The parties in this action previously filed a joint discovery letter brief concerning, among other

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things, whether Defendant should be required to produce “the redacted names, account (insurance and

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bank) numbers, and addresses of insurance customers that appear in the context of an audit report and

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supporting documents that MLIC claims were the basis for Plaintiff’s termination.” (Dkt. No. 34 at

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1.) The Court ruled in Plaintiff’s favor, with the exception of the customer account numbers since

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Plaintiff failed to provide an explanation for needing them. (Dkt. No. 35.)

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Plaintiff has now filed a letter brief that sets forth his reasons for needing the customers’

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private information. Specifically, for at least some of the audit-related documents, the customer

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account numbers are the only identifying information on the documents; without the numbers,

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Plaintiff cannot determine whether the audit reflects the correct application of funds to customers’

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accounts. Given that Plaintiff has now justified his need for this information, and given that

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Defendant’s only remaining objection appears to be that it will not unredact the numbers without a

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court order, the Court grants Plaintiff’s request for copies of the audit-related documents that include

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customer account numbers partially unredacted. Although Plaintiff “would prefer” to have the

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numbers fully unredacted, Plaintiff acknowledges that his need for the numbers is satisfied if just the

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last four digits of the insurance and bank account numbers are disclosed. (Dkt. No. 36 at 2.)

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Maintaining the redactions for the remainder of the account numbers ensures that the third-party

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customer’s private information is not needlessly put at risk.

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Northern District of California

United States District Court

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: December 6, 2013
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JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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