United States of America v. Eisenhower Medical Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL

Case No. EDCV 18-2667-RGK (KKx) Date: November 20, 2020 Title:

Present: The Honorable KENLY KIYA KATO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DEB TAYLOR Not Reported Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s): None Present None Present

Proceedings: Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel [Dkt. 87] On October 29, 2020, Plaintiff David Hong (“Plaintiff”) filed a Motion to Compel (“Motion”) defendants Eisenhower Medical Center (“EMC”) and Eisenhower Medical Associates, Inc. (“EMA”) to respond and produce certain claims data in response to Plaintiff’s Request for Production No. 16. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 87, Mot. The parties filed a Joint Stipulation pursuant to Local Rule 37-2. Dkt. 88, JS. The parties did not file supplemental briefs. For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN

PART.

I.

RELEVANT BACKGROUND

On December 27, 2018, Plaintiff filed a Complaint against…