Ahern Rentals, Inc. v. Equipmentshare.com, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AHERN RENTALS, INC., No. 2:19-cv-01788-MCE-KJN Plaintiff, v. ORDER EQUIPMENTSHARE.COM, INC., et al., Defendants. 16 Presently before the court is defendant Equipmentshare.com’s1 ex parte application to quash 12 third-party subpoenas. (ECF No. 49). Also pending before the court are defendants’ motions for protective orders (ECF Nos. 42, 47), defendant’s motion to stay discovery in this case (ECF No. 44), and plaintiff’s motion to compel, (ECF No. 45.) All of these motions are to be heard on April 30, 2020. As set forth below, the court QUASHES the subpoenas at issue, without prejudice for reissuing the subpoenas should the court deny defendant’s motion to stay. Defendant’s present motion seeks to quash subpoenas filed by plaintiff on 12 non-party companies. Plaintiff served the disputed subpoenas on April 7, 2020; and they require documents

1 Matthew Allen and Derrick Torres are also defendants in this matter, but they…