Howard Appel -v- Robert S Wolf

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOWARD APPEL, Case Nos.: 21-cv-1466-L-BGS; 21-cv-1536-L-BGS; Petitioner, 21-cv-1557-L-BGS v.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

ROBERT S. WOLF,

MOTIONS TO QUASH NON-PARTY

Respondent. SUBPOENAS, OR IN THE

ALTERNATIVE FOR A

PROTECTIVE ORDER, AND FOR

FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE

MOTIONS

19 20 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Howard Appel, the Plaintiff in Appel v. Wolf, Case No. 18-cv-814-L- BGS, has filed motions to quash, or in the alternative for protective orders, as to Rule 45 subpoenas issued by Respondent Robert Wolf, the Defendant in Appel v. Wolf. Three 25 26 27 1 The motions to quash were filed and briefed in three different districts before being transferred to this district pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45(f). As each was motions were filed in the three cases, but cover a total of eight subpoenas that were issued by Wolf to Citibank N.A., BMO Capital Markets Corp., KPMG,…