Flannery Assoc. LLC v. Barnes Family Ranch Assoc., LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FLANNERY ASSOCIATES, LLC, No. 2:23-cv-0927 TLN AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER BARNES FAMILY RANCH ASSOCIATES, LLC, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 This matter is before the court on a motion to compel brought by plaintiff against non- party BLK Entities. ECF No. 135. This discovery motion was referred to the magistrate judge pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(1). The motion was taken under submission. ECF No. 136. For the reasons set forth below, the motion to compel is GRANTED. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff Flannery Associates, LLC (“Flannery”) is a Delaware limited liability company which, since 2018, has been purchasing rangeland properties in the Jepson Prairie and Montezuma Hills areas of Solano County, California. ECF No. 1 at 5. Flannery has purchased or is under contract to purchase approximately 140 properties. Id. Plaintiff contends that defendants, a group of landowners, repeatedly engaged with Flannery…