Loeber

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DONALD LOEBER and MARIE LOEBER Case No. 21-cv-03866-LB by and through her successor in interest, MICHELLE LOEBER,

DISCOVERY ORDER

Plaintiffs, Re: ECF Nos. 87–88 v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.

17 INTRODUCTION In March 2018, Albert Wong — a combat veteran suffering from severe mental-health issues — shot and killed two therapists, Jennifer Golick and Christine Loeber, at The Pathway Home, a residential-treatment program at the veterans’ home in Yountville, California. In two separate lawsuits, Loeber v. United States and Golick v. United States, members of the therapists’ families sued the United States under the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) for failure to report, warn, and 24 25 26 27 protect and negligence.1 In a third lawsuit in state court, the plaintiffs settled with the State of California.2 The parties in Loeber have two discovery disputes. The plaintiffs…