Dotzenroth

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

EX PARTE MOTION TO COMPEL

Plaintiffs,

DISCOVERY (ECF 208 & 243)

v. David DOTZENROTH, et al., Defendants. 9 The Dotzenroth defendants asked the Court to determine if various documents withheld by plaintiffs were in fact privileged. After an exhaustive in camera review, the Court concludes that most documents were properly withheld, but a few nonprivileged items must be disclosed. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs William Wagner and William Tarpley collaborated with defendant David Dotzenroth to develop a program to convert passenger aircrafts into cargo freighters. (ECF 132, at 11.) Dotzenroth later parted ways with Wagner and Tarpley. (Id. at 16.) In December 2020, nonparty Fortress Investments created plaintiff Mammoth Freighters, LLC, a jumbo-jet conversion program. (ECF 210, at 10.) Wagner and Tarpley 20 …