Pompeian, Inc. v. The Mill At Kings River, LLC

I. BACKGROUND

5 Upon the request of the parties, the Court held an informal discovery dispute conference 6 on April 29, 2025. (ECF No. 49). 7 On May 23, 2025, both Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant filed motions to compel and 8 requests for sanctions against Defendant pursuant to Local Rule 251(e). (ECF Nos. 52, 53). Both 9 motions asserted that Defendants have failed to produce all requested documents. (ECF No. 52-1 10 at 11; ECF No. 53 at 6). Defendants filed an opposition on May 30, 2025. (ECF Nos. 55, 56). 11 Plaintiff filed two replies on June 4, 2025. (ECF No. 57, 58). The Court held a hearing on the 12 motions on June 9, 2025. (See ECF No. 59).

II. LEGAL STANDARDS

14 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34(a) permits a party to issue requests for documents that 15 are in the responding party’s possession, custody, or control and “within the scope of Rule 26(b).” In turn, Rule 26(b)(1) provides as follows: Parties may obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case, considering 18 the importance of the issues at stake in the action, the amount in controversy, the 19 …