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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Employment Discrimination

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

At the request of counsel, on February 12, 2014, the Court held an informal conference 

regarding counsels’ disagreement as to the relevance of some of Plaintiff’s written discovery and the 

adequacy of Defendants’ responses thereto. Counsel were able to compromise as to most of the 

issues and, therefore, the Court ORDERS:

1. Interrogatory 7 – Defendants SHALL provide a substantive response to this question;

2. Interrogatories 9, 10 - Plaintiff is authorized to file a motion to compel a substantive 

response to these questions. However, counsel are encouraged to consider compromise on these 

questions such as proceeding with Defendants producing information only related to sexual 

harassment claims and producing claims initially with personal identifiers redacted;

3. Interrogatory 15 – Defendants need not respond further to this request based upon the 

representation that they will not assert that Plaintiff’s job would have been eliminated anyway had 

JOHN GOOLD,

 Plaintiff,

v.

HILTON WORLDWIDE, INC., et al.,

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Case No.: 1:13-cv-00438 AWI JLT

ORDER AFTER INFORMAL CONFERENCE ON 

DISCOVERY DISPUTE

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he not been fired in May 2012. Mr. Rumph will send a confirmatory letter to Defendants’ counsel 

on this point;

3. Interrogatory 17 – Defendants SHALL provide a substantive response to this 

question;

4. Interrogatory 18 – Defendants SHALL provide a substantive response to this 

question;

5. Interrogatories 25-28 – Defendants SHALL produce a statement as to the net worth of 

Defendants for use at trial in the event the amount punitive damages are at issue;

6. Interrogatories 30-36 – Defendants need not respond further these questions.

Defendants SHALL provide the substantive responses outlined here no later than February 26, 

2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 13, 2014 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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