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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS 

GENERAL EMPLOYEES’ 

RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Individually 

and on Behalf of All Others Similarly 

Situated, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-mc-0146 WBS AC 

Main Case: 2:12-cv-5275 MCA LDW 

(D.N.J.) 

ORDER 

 The California Department of Insurance and Commissioner David E. Jones (“movants”) 

have filed this Miscellaneous proceeding, seeking to quash a non-party deposition subpoena 

served upon them by plaintiffs. The main case under which this proceeding is brought is pending 

in the District of New Jersey: City of Sterling Heights General Employees’ Retirement System v. 

Prudential Financial, Inc., 2:12-cv-5275 MCA LDW (D.N.J.). This matter was referred to the 

undersigned by E.D. Cal. R. (“Local Rule”) 302(c)(1). 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Movants’ ex parte application (ECF No. 2) is DENIED in part, to the extent it requests 

a briefing schedule on the motion to quash. Movants and plaintiffs shall file only a Joint 

Statement in regard to that motion, as discussed below. 

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 2. Plaintiffs shall respond in writing to that portion of movant’s ex parte application that 

seeks an order staying the deposition until the motion can be resolved (ECF No. 2), no later than 

December 7, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. (Pacific Time). Plaintiffs are free to file a Statement of No 

Opposition as their response, if they have no opposition to that portion of the application.

 3. The Motion To Quash Subpoena is SET FOR HEARING before the undersigned on 

December 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., in Courtroom 26, Eighth Floor. 

 a. This proceeding, including the motion to quash, is governed by the procedures 

outlined in the undersigned’s “Standard Information,” which includes the instructions regarding 

“Discovery Disputes.” See www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/judges/all-judges/unitedstates-magistrate-judge-allison-claire-ac. 

 b. The parties shall also comply with (1) this court’s Local Rules, including Local 

Rule 251 governing Discovery Matters, see www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/rules/localrules, and (2) the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (as amended on December 1, 2015). 

 c. Movants and plaintiffs are cautioned that the motion to quash will be decided 

based upon the Joint Statement only. In regard to that motion, the undersigned will not consider 

any declarations, memoranda or other documents (including any already filed on the docket), that 

are not included in the Joint Statement. 

DATED: December 4, 2015 

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