Greenfield Prop Owner II, LLC v. Bouldin & Lawson, LLC And Bouldin Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division GREENFIELD PROP OWNER II, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-07161-TLT (LB)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: ECF No. 105 BOULDIN & LAWSON, LLC, et al., Defendants. 16 This lawsuit involves a fire at the plaintiff’s property (a cannabis-production facility) and the plaintiff’s resulting claim for negligence against the defendants, including defendant Andrew Crawford, who allegedly did not extinguish a cigarette that started the fire.1 Mr. Crawford wants the plaintiff’s tax returns for the years 2017 to 2020. He served discovery requests for them on September 9, 2022, the deadline to respond was October 10, 2022, and the plaintiff responded late on March 5, 2023, asserting — in this diversity case — that the tax records are privileged under state law.2 Mr. Crawford does not address whether the records are privileged or discoverable because the plaintiff has a lost-income claim. Instead, he contends that “there is no reason to…