Dotzenroth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WAGNER AERONAUTICAL, INC., Case No.: 21-cv-0994-L-AGS et al., ORDER FOLLOWING DISCOVERY

HEARING, GRANTING MOTION TO

Plaintiffs,

COMPEL (ECF 177), DENYING

v. MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE

ORDER (ECF 187), AND GRANTING

David DOTZENROTH, et al.,

MOTION TO SEAL (ECF 185)

Defendants. 9 On February 7, 2022, the Court heard plaintiffs’ motion to compel the NIAR defendants to respond to discovery requests and the NIAR defendants’ competing motion for a protective order. At the hearing, the Court provided a tentative ruling but later took the matter under submission. The Court now adopts its tentative oral ruling—except as supplemented below—in its entirety, grants plaintiffs’ motion to compel, denies the NIAR defendants’ motion for a protective order, and grants NIAR’s motion to seal. In both their brief and at oral arguments, the NIAR defendants stressed that they are not required to …