In re California Gasoline Spot Market Antitrust Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PACIFIC WINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., et Case No. 20-cv-03131-JSC al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: VITOL MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH v. SUBPOENA 10 VITOL INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 389 11 Defendants.

12 Pending before the Court is Defendant Vitol’s motion to compel Chevron to comply with Request No. 2 of Vitol’s Rule 45 subpoena. (Dkt. No. 389.) In particular, Vitol seeks to require non-party Chevron to produce its entire discovery production, including unredacted expert reports and deposition transcripts, made in Persian Gulf Inc. v. BP W. Coast Prod. LLC, No. 3:15-CV- 01749-L-BGS (S.D. Cal.). After carefully considering the parties’ written submissions, and having the benefit of oral argument on May 11, 2022, the Court DENIES Vitol’s motion as it has not shown that all of Chevron’s production in Persian Gulf is relevant to a claim or defense in this case. The Court nonetheless orders Chevron to produce what it offered in January…