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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Contract Dispute

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATHAN BURGOON, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NARCONON OF NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-01381-EMC 

ORDER RE JOINT DISCOVERY 

LETTER OF DECEMBER 17, 2015

Docket No. 95

The parties have submitted a joint discovery letter, dated December 17, 2015. Having 

reviewed the contents of that letter, the Court hereby rules as follows. The subpoenas issued by 

Defendants are hereby quashed. Plaintiffs have standing to challenge the relevance of the 

discovery sought, as well as its proportionality. While the discovery has some probative value, it 

is minimal at best and thus the Court finds that the discovery is not proportional to the needs of the 

case and the scope of the hearing set by this Court. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1). This ruling, of 

course, does not bar Defendants from asking Dr. Smith (either in his deposition or at the bench 

trial) about what he “does to determine the capacity of his own addicted patients when executing 

contracts with his own affiliated treatment facilities.” Letter at 5 (emphasis omitted).

This order disposes of Docket No. 95.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 18, 2015

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-01381-EMC Document 96 Filed 12/18/15 Page 1 of 1