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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 B&G FOODS NORTH AMERICA, INC., No. 2:20-cv-0526 KJM DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER KIM EMBRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

HEALTH ADVOCATES, INC.,

15 Defendants. 17 This matter came before the undersigned on August 18, 2023, for hearing of plaintiff’s motion to compel pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(1). (ECF No. 130.) Attorneys Matthew Borden and Hedyeh Tirgardoon appeared via Zoom on behalf of plaintiff. Attorneys Ronald Neer and Jake Schulte appeared via Zoom on behalf of defendants. Oral argument was heard, and plaintiff’s motion was taken under submission. For the reasons explained below, plaintiff’s motion will be granted in part and denied in part. In this regard, plaintiff’s motion attempts to address five discovery items in a single Joint Statement: (1) interrogatory responses; (2) request for production responses; (3) request for admission responses; (4) ESI issues; and (5) 30(b)(6) deposition topics. Several, of these matters would…