Laurino

INTRODUCTION

16 Currently before the Court is the United States’ (“Defendant”) motion to compel 17 responses to interrogatories and requests for production filed on November 6, 2019. (ECF No. 18 29.) The Court found the motion suitable for decision without oral argument and the hearing on 19 the motion has been vacated. Having considered the joint statement regarding the discovery 20 dispute, the exhibits attached thereto, as well as the Court’s file, the Court issues the following 21 order granting the motion to compel discovery responses.

II.

BACKGROUND

24 This is a consolidated action in which Plaintiffs are pursuing claims alleging the wrongful 25 death of their father, Manuel Jurado, Sr. (the “Decedent”), who died after a motor vehicle 26 accident involving a United States Postal Service vehicle. (J.S. at 1-2.) Plaintiffs Maricela 27 All references to pagination of specific documents pertain to those as indicated on the upper right corners via the Laurino,2 Yvette Jurado, Vivian Jurado, and Irma Jurado (the “Laurino Plaintiffs”) filed the above entitled action on May 9, 2018. (J.S. at 2; ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Plaintiffs Patricia Jurado, 3 …