In Re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1566)

Filing 2260

ORDER that 2168 Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel E Prime to Produce the documents is DENIED. Signed by Magistrate Judge Peggy A. Leen on 1/4/16. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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IN RE WESTERN STATES WHOLESALE
NATURAL GAS ANTITRUST
LITIGATION,

MDL Docket No. 1566
Base Case No. 2:03-cv-01431-RCJ-PAL

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ORDER
THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
ALL ACTIONS

(Mot Compel – (Dkt. #2168)

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Before the court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Defendant E Prime Inc. to Answer

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30(b)(6) Deposition Questions and Produce Documents and Memorandum in Support (Dkt.

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#2168). The court has considered the motion, E Prime’s Opposition (Dkt. #2179), Plaintiffs’

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Reply (Dkt. #2184), and the arguments of counsel at a status and dispute resolution conference

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conducted November 10, 2015. The court has also reviewed E Prime’s in camera submission

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that the court ordered counsel for E Prime to submit after oral arguments in accordance with the

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requirements of LR 10-5.

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Having reviewed and considered the in camera submission, the court is satisfied that the

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four documents listed on the privileged log withheld from production as work product are

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entitled to protection from disclosure.

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Accordingly,

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IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel E Prime to Produce the Documents

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(Dkt. #2168) is DENIED.
Dated this 4th day of January, 2016.

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PEGGY A. LEEN
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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