United States v. Nelson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No.: 19-CV-1087-CAB-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING

LARRY NELSON, et al, Defendant. 16 I. INTRODUCTION On July 6, 2020, the Parties timely notified this Court’s Chambers of a discovery dispute regarding whether the common interest doctrine applies to subpoenas for deposition seeking documents and information from and the deposition testimony of unrepresented allegedly aggrieved tenants (“aggrieved tenants”). On that same day, this Court issued an Order Setting Briefing Schedule, directing the Parties to file concurrent briefing on the common interest doctrine issue no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 7, 2020. (Doc. No. 33.) The Government was timely in filing its supplemental briefing. (Doc. No. 34.) Defendant was not. (Doc. No. 35.) Consequently, on July 8, 2020, the Court struck Defendant’s briefing…