Haghayeghi
Haghayeghi v. Guess?, Inc.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Honstormes, J.
ORDER DETERMINING DISCOVERY DISPUTE NO.
(Dkt. No. 60)
Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for Determination of Discovery Dispute Number 1. 1 (Dkt. No. 60). For the reasons explained below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff Farideh Haghayeghi’s (“Plaintiff’) request to compel Defendant Guess?, Inc. (“Defendant”) to produce names and contact information in response to certain interrogatories and requests for production of documents. (Dkt. No. 60.)
1. Background
This is a putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) clqss action. Plaintiff alleges Defendant violated the TCPA by sending text messages to consumers nationwide without first obtaining express consent. According to Defendant, the text messages Plaintiff and the putative class received are part of Defendant’s loyalty program known as “Guess List,” a program that began in 2009 for its retail customers. (Dkt. No. 60-1 at 12.) The case is in the pre-certification discovery phase, and Plaintiffs motion for class certification is due to be filed by April 22, 2016.
On January 18, 2016, the parties filed their request for determination on their first discovery dispute. Plaintiffs Interrogatory Numbers 4, 5, and 16…