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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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Case No.: 13-CV-00438-LHK

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RICHARD KATZMAN,

 Plaintiff,

v.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN 

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, a special 

district,

 Defendant. 

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Case No.: 13-CV-00438-LHK

ORDER COMPELLING DOCUMENT 

PRODUCTION AND SUBSEQUENT 

FILINGS

 

Trial in this matter will resume on Friday, January 16, 2015, at 9 a.m. Based on Plaintiff’s 

Motion for Sanctions and Motion to Strike Testimony and Evidence Based on Discovery 

Violations, ECF No. 123; the Declaration of Calvin House in Response to Orders of January 8, 

2015, ECF No. 131; the transcript of Janice Olsen’s trial testimony, ECF No. 130; the Parties’ 

Stipulation Regarding the Testimony of Janice Olsen, ECF No. 135; Plaintiff’s Supplementary 

Statement in Support of Motion for Sanctions and Motion to Strike, ECF No. 136; and today’s 

hearing, the Court ruled as follows:

Defendant’s Supplemental Document Production

Defendant shall interview and collect documents from any custodians of documents 

responsive to Plaintiff’s previously-served discovery requests. Such custodians shall include, at 

minimum, but not be limited to the following: 

MTA Employees

Yvette Nixon

Theresa Cortez

Brenda Bozeman

Rudy Chairez

Beth Geary

Jodi Stewart

Angelina Farias-Sanchez

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Kashawn Marimer

Donna Mills

Terry Matsumoto

Pension Committee Members for the Non-Contract and AFSCME Pensions

Pension Plan Trustees for the Non-Contract Pensions

Donna Mills

Terry Matsumoto

Nalini Ahuja

Don Ott

Richard Hunt

Pension Plan Trustees for the AFSCME Pensions

Ernest Waters

Richard Franden

John Hale

Mail Services Personnel who mailed MTA’s Audit Forms

Defendant must immediately instruct all custodians to preserve potentially responsive 

documents.

Documents to be produced shall include, at a minimum, but not be limited to: 

All documents regarding Defendant’s pension audit procedures

All documents regarding Defendant’s 2009, 2011, and 2013 pension audits

All documents regarding when and whether audit forms were mailed to pension beneficiaries

All documents regarding communications with pension beneficiaries about the audit

Janice Olsen’s file of audit notes and documents

All handwritten notes, correspondence, personal files, and emails regarding the above.

Defendant shall produce responsive documents on a rolling basis daily beginning on 

January 9, 2015. Defendant shall complete its document collection by Wednesday, January 14, 

2015, and complete its production by Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 10 a.m. To keep the Court 

apprised of Defendant’s document production, Defendant shall file its production letters with the 

Court daily.

Exhibit Lists

On a daily basis at 4 p.m. beginning on Monday, January 12, 2015, Plaintiff shall file a 

revised exhibit list identifying new exhibits Plaintiff intends to introduce at trial. Defendant shall 

file any objections to new exhibits on Plaintiff’s revised exhibit list by 6 p.m. the same day. 

Plaintiff shall file any response to Defendant’s objections by noon the following day.

Jury Instructions

By Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 3 p.m., the parties shall file a joint proposed jury 

instruction regarding Defendant’s failure to produce responsive documents. If the parties cannot 

agree on all elements of a jury instruction, the parties shall identify which elements are in dispute 

and why each party’s proposal is superior. The Court will file a proposed jury instruction by 

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 5 p.m. The parties shall file any objections to the Court’s 

proposed instruction by Thursday, January 15, 2015 at noon.

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Plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions

The Court will not entertain a motion for sanctions related to Defendant’s failure to produce 

responsive documents until after the jury returns a verdict. Before any motion for sanctions is filed, 

the parties shall meet-and-confer to attempt to resolve the matter.

Potential Spoliation of Documents

According to the proof of service of Plaintiff’s complaint, Plaintiff served his complaint on 

Defendant on March 12, 2013, at 4 p.m., ECF No. 17. If Plaintiff intends to seek a jury instruction 

regarding spoliation, Plaintiff shall file a supplemental brief regarding when the obligation to 

preserve documents arose and whether any employees of Defendant, including Janice Olsen, 

destroyed relevant evidence after the obligation to preserve such evidence arose. Plaintiff shall file 

this brief by Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at noon. Defendant shall file an opposition, if 

necessary, by Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 6 p.m. Plaintiff may file a response, if necessary, 

by Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 10 a.m.

Notice of Appearance

Lee Hepner shall file a notice of appearance in this matter by the end of the day, Friday, 

January 9, 2015.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 9, 2015

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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