Gomez

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

3

PATRICIA GOMEZ,

5 Plaintiff, Case No. 1:21-cv-00830-DAD-BAK (SKO) 6 v. ORDER RE: DISCOVERY

CEDAR OAKS APARTMENTS L.P.,

et al.,

Defendants. 10 11 12 Having considered the parties’ letter briefs regarding their informal discovery dispute and having heard from counsel at the informal discovery dispute conference held on April 7, 2022, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows: 1. Plaintiff’s request to compel production of Defendants’ past three years of federal and state tax returns and past four years of financial records is GRANTED IN PART, as the records are relevant to Plaintiff’s claim for punitive damages and responsive to a Request for Production propounded by Plaintiff. See White v. Ford Motor Company, 500 F.3d 963, 976–77 (9th Cir. 2007) (evidence of a defendant's finances, income, assets, and net worth is crucial to issues of punitive damages). However, the Court limits …