Hegarty

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 ROBERT F. HEGARTY, Case No. 19-cv-06006-MMC (RMI)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 99, 101 TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE

COMPANY,

12 Defendant. 13 Now pending before the court is a jointly-filed letter brief (dkt. 101) presenting a discovery dispute through which Plaintiff seeks to compel the production of certain documents and information. This dispute, and any further discovery disputes, have been referred (see dkt. 100) to the undersigned. Further, until a ruling is rendered on Defendant’s initial motion for summary judgment, Judge Chesney has limited the scope of discovery to the issue of whether Plaintiff’s claims are barred by the settlement in Oakes v. Bankers United Life Assurance Co., Case No. 96- 06849 (192nd Dist. Ct., Dallas County, Texas) (“Oakes”). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiff’s request to compel the discovery in question is denied.1 BACKGROUND…