Ortolivo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DANIEL ORTOLIVO, Case No. 22-cv-01812-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER RESOLVING JOINT LETTER

v. BRIEF RE PRODUCTION OF

PLAINTIFF’S TAX RETURNS

PRECISION DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 58 11 Defendant.

12 Now before the Court is the parties’ joint letter brief regarding Defendant’s demand for Plaintiff’s tax returns. The Court has considered the parties’ brief, relevant legal authority, and it HEREBY DENIES Defendant’s request to compel production of the returns. ANALYSIS During the course of discovery in this case, Defendant served a request for “[a]ll of the tax returns for [Plaintiff] or a business with which [Plaintiff is] affiliated from January 1, 2017 to the present.” Plaintiff refused to produce these documents on the basis that they are privileged and on privacy grounds. Plaintiff did testify that he reported income received from Defendant in his tax returns for AAFS. However,…