R.W. et al v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company

Filing 49

ORDER re surreply on motion to compel by Judge Richard A Jones. (RS)

HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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R.W. and R.J.T.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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Case No. C16-465 RAJ
ORDER

LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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Defendant.

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On January 27, 2017, the Court ordered Defendant Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance

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Company (“Liberty”) to file a surreply on Plaintiffs R.W. and R.J.T.’s Motion to Compel.
Dkt. # 42. Liberty has since done so. Dkt. # 43.
In the surreply, Liberty responds to Plaintiffs’ request—raised for the first time in

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their reply brief—for unredacted versions of certain documents produced after the motion
to compel was filed. Id. Having considered the surreply and all other briefs submitted on
the motion to compel, the Court finds that Plaintiffs’ request is unwarranted and declines
to require the production of unredacted documents. The surreply confirms that Plaintiffs
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ORDER – 1

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have failed to establish any plausible basis for why the unredacted documents are
relevant to their claims.

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DATED this 7th day of February, 2017.

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones
United States District Judge

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ORDER – 2