Nolen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 2:23-cv-00320-JAM-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOEL LYNN NOLEN, et al., Defendants. 16 A motion to compel discovery filed on May 6, 2024, by plaintiff United States of America is before the court. (ECF No. 55.) The court held a hearing via videoconference on May 29, 2024, with counsel for the parties involved in the present dispute. Alan Martinson appeared and argued for the government and Jeffrey Schultz appeared and argued for defendants Joel Nolen and Shirlee Nolen. Email Morris and Katherine Raimondo also appeared for the government. Having considered the parties’ joint statement on the discovery dispute and arguments at the hearing, the court grants the motion on most of the disputed issues, as set forth below. I. Background The United States proceeds on an amended complaint filed on April 6, 2023, with claims brought under the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3604, 3617, 3614(a).…