Athletics Investment Group, LLC v. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ATHLETICS INVESTMENT GROUP, Case No. 21-cv-05246-MMC (DMR)

LLC,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER FOLLOWING IN CAMERA REVIEW v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 103, 142

SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.,

11 Defendant. 12 I. BACKGROUND This is an action brought pursuant to the Clean Air Act’s (“CAA”) citizen suit enforcement provision, 42 U.S.C. § 7604, to challenge Defendant Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.’s (“Schnitzer”) operations at its metal shredding facility in West Oakland. Plaintiff Athletics Investment Group, LLC (“AIG”) served a subpoena on third-party Bay Area Air Quality Management District (“BAAQMD” or “the District”), a California state agency, for production of 17 categories of documents. [Docket No. 103-1.] BAAQMD produced approximately 5,000 documents in response to the subpoena but withheld nearly 9000 responsive documents. AIG and BAAQMD subsequently filed a joint discovery letter regarding BAAQMD’s response. …