Hudena James v. US Bancorp

I. INTRODUCTION

Before the court are what amount to two discovery motions filed by plaintiffs Hudena James and Mercedes Green: A joint stipulation (JS) regarding a motion to compel and a motion for spoliation of evidence filed on March 29, 2021 (docket no. 99); a duplicative motion for spoliation of evidence filed on March 24, 2021 (docket no. 100); and a duplicative motion to compel responses to requests for production of documents filed on March 24, 2021 (docket no. 101). Defendants opposed the March 24 discovery motions on March 30, 2021 (docket nos. 102 (Opp. to Mtn. to Compel), 103 (Opp. to Spoliation Mtn.)). Plaintiffs filed a consolidated reply in support of their March 24 discovery motions on April 8, 2021 (docket no. 104). None of the parties filed supplemental memoranda regarding the March 29 joint stipulation. The court considered the papers submitted and held a hearing on April 20, 2021. In accordance with the permission granted by the court at the April 20 hearing, defendants filed supplemental declarations on April 27, 2021. For the reasons discussed below, the court now: declines to separately consider the duplicative March 24 discovery motions; denies the…