Bumpus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK S. BUMPUS, Individually, and No. 2:20-cv-00926 MCE AC on Behalf of the Class, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

U.S. FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY, an Ohio Corporation, Defendant. 17 This case is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to compel responses to interrogatories and requests for production. ECF No. 53. This discovery motion was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(1). The parties filed the required joint statement. ECF No. 54. The parties appeared before the court for oral argument on August 2, 2023. For the reasons stated below, the court GRANTS the motion. I. Relevant Background This putative class action was filed on May 5, 2020. ECF No. 1. The case was stayed for a period (ECF No. 25), and the stay was lifted on January 27, 2022. ECF No. 41. Plaintiff alleges that defendants wrongfully lapsed or terminated life insurance policies, including his, without first…