Tiwari et al v. Mattis

Filing 140

MINUTE ORDER granting in part and denying in part Defendant's #123 Motion for Protective Order; staying discovery pending resolution of cross-motions for summary judgment; granting in part and striking as moot in part Plaintiffs' #130 Motion to Compel Discovery; RENOTING Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, dkts #115 , #132 : Noting Date 7/6/2018. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly.(SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KIRTI TIWARI, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
v.

C17-242 TSZ

JAMES MATTIS, Secretary, U.S.
Department of Defense, in his official
capacity,

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Defendant.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge:
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(1)
Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Protective Order, docket no.
123 (the “Motion for Protective Order”) and Plaintiffs’ First Motion to Compel
Discovery, docket no. 130 (the “Motion to Compel”). The Motion for Protective Order is
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GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Except as specified in Paragraph (2) of this
Minute Order, all discovery is STAYED pending resolution of the cross-motions for
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summary judgment. See docket nos. 115 and 132 (the “Cross-Motions for Summary
Judgment”).
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(2)
The Motion to Compel is GRANTED in part and STRICKEN as moot in
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Plaintiffs’ First Interrogatory contained in Plaintiffs’ First Discovery Requests to
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states as follows:
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Please identify all rules, policies and procedures that apply to U.S. citizen
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MAVNI soldiers as a group in the areas of counterintelligence and security
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screening and monitoring, issuance of security clearances, commissioning,
reenlistment, promotion, issuance of orders, and travel that are different
than the rules, policies and procedures that apply to other U.S. citizen
soldiers (including natural-born U.S. citizen soldiers).

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Id. If no additional responsive information exists, Defendant is DIRECTED to confirm
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already produced the “RAND Report,” and Plaintiffs’ request to compel production of
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Plaintiffs may file one supplemental brief in response to the CrossMotions for Summary Judgment, not to exceed ten (10) pages, on or before Friday,
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pages, no later than Friday, June 29, 2018. The Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of

Dated this 25th day of May, 2018.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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