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 Plaintiff, United States of America, filed an amended motion for protective order on September 20, 2024. (ECF No. 70.) Upon the parties’ stipulation and request, the court shortened time for briefing and heard the motion via videoconference on September 25, 2024. Alan Martinson, Emilia Morris, and Arielle Reid appeared for the government and Jeffrey Schultz appeared and argued for defendants Joel Nolen and Shirley Nolen (“the Nolens”). Having considered the parties’ joint statement on the discovery dispute and argument at the hearing, the court grants the motion for protective order. The hearing noticed to take place on October 23, 2024, is vacated. 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. §§…