USA v. Sterling Centrecorp Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATE OF AMERICA and No. 2:08-cv-02556-MCE-DB

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL, Plaintiffs, ORDER v. STERLING CENTRECORP INC., STEPHEN P. ELDER, and ELDER DEVELOPMENT, INC., Defendants. 18 In bringing the present Request for Reconsideration (ECF No. 362), Defendant SC Inc., formerly known as Sterling Centrecorp Inc., (“Defendant”) asks this Court to reverse the Magistrate Judge’s February 21, 2020, Order granting a motion to compel further discovery filed on behalf of Plaintiff the United States of America (“Plaintiff”). ECF No. 359. Once Plaintiff obtained a $30 million monetary judgment against Defendant, it served discovery pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 69 concerning alleged assets valued in excess of CAD $80 million that were transferred to related parties just before Plaintiff filed the instant CERCLA cost recovery action, and well after Defendant was placed on notice that Plaintiff sought…