U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Vasquez et al

Filing 19

ORDER granting in part the 10 Motion for Discovery. Signed by Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell on 09/09/2014. (klb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:14cv196
U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES
TRADING COMMISSIONS,
Plaintiff,
v.
EDWIN A VASQUEZ and VASQUEZ
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LLC,
Defendants.
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ORDER

Pending before the Court is the Motion for Discovery [# 10]. Plaintiff
moves for leave to engage in limited early discovery. Upon a review of the record,
the Plaintiff’s motion, the relevant legal authority, and for good cause shown, the
Court GRANTS in part the motion [# 10] and authorizes Plaintiff to engage in
limited early discovery pursuant to Rule 26(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure and Local Rule 16.1. The Court limits the early discovery to:
(1)

A deposition, not to exceed four hours, of Defendant Vasquez
individually and on behalf of Defendant Vasquez Global Investments,
LLC. The parties may schedule the deposition with seven (7) days’
notice.
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(2)

A request for production of documents to Defendant Vasquez, not to
exceed ten individual requests. Defendant Vasquez shall have five (5)
business days to respond to the document requests.

(3)

The issuance of no more than ten (10) subpoenas to third parties
seeking records or other documentation pertaining to any account or
asset owned, controlled, managed, or held by, on behalf of, or for the
benefit of the Defendants, either individually or jointly, any time since
August 2011. The third parties shall have ten (10) days to respond to
the subpoenas.

To the extent that Plaintiff needs additional discovery in excess of the
discovery allowed by this Order, Plaintiff may move the Court for additional early
discovery, and the Court will determine whether good cause exists for expanding
the scope of this Order.

Signed: September 9, 2014

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