City of Lincoln v. County of Placer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CITY OF LINCOLN, No. 2:18-cv-00087 KJM AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER COUNTY OF PLACER, Defendant. 16 This matter is before the court on a motion for a protective order filed by the City of Lincoln (“the City”). ECF No. 33. This discovery motion was referred to the magistrate judge pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(1). The parties filed the necessary joint statement (ECF No. 37), and the matter was heard on the papers. ECF No. 34. For the reasons stated below, the court DENIES the City’s motion. I. Relevant Background According to the parties’ joint statement, this action involves environmental contamination related to the former Lincoln Landfill, which operated from approximately the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. ECF No. 37 a 5. In 2014, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (“Regional Board”) issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to the City,…