Ingrande

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL INGRANDE, Case No.: 21-CV-1075-L-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. AUTOZONERS, LLC; DOES 1 through 20, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION On March 4, 2022, this Court convened a telephonic discovery conference on a discovery dispute counsel for the Parties initially raised with Chambers consistent with Rule IV(c) of this Court’s Civil Chambers Rules. The Parties’ dispute concerns an eight- page questionnaire the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) produced along with other documents in response to Defendant’s third-party subpoena. Plaintiff objects to the questionnaire’s production based on the deliberative process privilege and privacy concerns. Defendant disagrees the privilege or privacy considerations shield the questionnaire from production and posits that the questionnaire should be produced on relevance grounds. Having reviewed and considered the Parties’ positions and the legal 28 …