Baldwin v. Geico General Insurance Company et al

Filing 38

ORDER denying 37 Motion to Compel. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nancy J. Koppe on 10/2/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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ROGER DORN BALDWIN,

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Plaintiff(s),
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GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE
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COMPANY, et al.,
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Defendant(s).
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Case No. 2:17-cv-00807-RFB-NJK
ORDER
(Docket No. 37)

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Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to compel. Docket No. 37. The “argument”

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presented consists primarily of a block quotation of Rule 26, brief discussion of an insurer’s duty of

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good faith, and copying-and-pasting the discovery and objections thereto. Docket No. 37 at 6-14.

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Discovery disputes are not immune from the basic requirement that parties meaningfully develop their

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arguments. See, e.g., Kor Media Group, LLC v. Green, 294 F.R.D. 579, 582 n.3 (D. Nev. 2013).

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Identifying discovery objections and asserting without elaboration that they “are frivolous and without

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merit,” see Docket No. 37 at 12, is woefully insufficient to permit judicial review. Accordingly, the

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motion to compel is DENIED without prejudice. Any renewed motion must present specific, developed

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argument separately for each disputed discovery request addressing each objection.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: October 2, 2017

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NANCY J. KOPPE
United States Magistrate Judge