Sacramento Downtown Arena LLC v. Factory Mutual Ins. Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SACRAMENTO DOWNTOWN ARENA No. 2:21-cv-0441 KJM DB LLC, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 16 Defendants. 18 This matter came before the undersigned on August 18, 2023, for hearing of defendant’s motion to compel pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 75.) Attorney Sean Coyle appeared via Zoom on behalf of plaintiffs. Attorney Bryce Friedman appeared via Zoom on behalf of defendant Factory Mutual Insurance Company (“Factory Mutual”). Oral argument was heard, and defendant’s motion was taken under submission. The parties’ dispute concerns defendant’s subpoena to non-party Hub-International Insurance Services, Inc., (“Hub”). (JS (ECF No. 76) at 2.) Hub is plaintiff’s insurance advisor and broker. (Id.) According to defendant, “Hub agreed to produce documents” but “Sacramento intercepted Hub’s documents” and instead responded by, eventually, producing “a revised Privilege Log” asserting the…