Petree

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO., No. 2:18–cv–3274–JAM–KJN 11 Plaintiff, ORDER TO PRODUCE 12 v. 13 ROBERT PETREE, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 On January 15, 2021, the court held a telephonic informal discovery conference regarding certain discovery disputes in this litigation. (ECF No. 62.) Following that conference, the court ordered defendants to submit for in camera review three pages of documents (“the opinion memo”) that defendants have been withholding as privileged under the joint defense/common interest doctrine. (ECF No. 63 at 2.) The court gave defendants until January 19, 2021, to advise whether they desired an opportunity for further briefing of the privilege issue. (Id.) The court subsequently extended that deadline to January 21, 2021, at defendants’ request. (ECF No. 64.) On January 21, defense counsel again requested more time to confer with one of its clients but indicated that if the court was inclined to order production of the opinion memo, that defendants be allowed to brief the issue. In a minute order the…