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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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*E-FILED: January 2, 2013*

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

KAUFMAN & BROAD MONTEREY BAY, a

California corporation; KB HOME SOUTH

BAY, INC., a California corporation,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

Defendant. /

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

Counterclaimant,

 v.

KAUFMAN & BROAD MONTEREY BAY, a

California corporation; KB HOME SOUTH

BAY, INC., a California corporation,

Counterdefendants. /

No. C10-02856 EJD (HRL)

ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTE

JOINT REPORT #6

[Re: Docket No. 165]

In Discovery Dispute Joint Report (DDJR) #6, plaintiffs move for an order compelling

defendant Travelers Property Casualty Company of America (Travelers) to produce documents

responsive to Requests for Production Nos. 107, 108, 110, and 111. The matter is deemed

suitable for determination without oral argument. CIV. L.R. 7-1(b). Having considered the

parties’ respective positions, this court denies plaintiffs’ request for discovery.

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28 1 This court assumes that Travelers’ supplemental responses drop the objections

that this court rejected in its June 2, 2011 discovery order (Dkt. No. 70).

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Request Nos. 107 and 110 seek correspondence between Travelers and Norcraft

Companies (Norcraft) re the Aldrich Action, as well as documents related to the settlement

between Norcraft and the Aldrich plaintiffs. After plaintiffs initiated DDJR #6, Travelers says

that it served supplemental responses to these requests, stating that it has produced “all nonprivileged or non-protected documents responsive to this request presently within its

possession, custody, or control.”1

 (Dkt. No. 165, DDJR #6 at p. 8). On the record presented, it

is not clear what, if anything, remains to be produced in response to these requests. Plaintiffs’

request to compel further discovery therefore is denied as moot.

As for Request No. 108 (“All documents showing the amount of defense fees and costs

You have paid to defend Norcraft in the Aldrich Action”) and Request No. 111 (“All documents

(other than documents involving attorney-client communications and which constitute attorney

work product) related to Your efforts to obtain a settlement between Norcraft and the Plaintiffs

in the Aldrich Action.”), plaintiffs have not convincingly demonstrated that the requested

information is relevant or reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. 

FED. R. CIV. P. 26(b)(1). Additionally, the court finds that the likely benefit (if any) of the

information sought is outweighed by the burden and expense that would be imposed. FED. R.

CIV. P. 26(b)(2)(C)(iii). Plaintiffs’ request to compel discovery in response to these requests is

denied.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 2, 2013

 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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5:10-cv-02856-EJD Notice has been electronically mailed to:

A. Eric Aguilera eaguilera@aguileragroup.com, krickard@aguileragroup.com,

travelers@aguileragroup.com

Bonnie Tara Roadarmel bonnie.roadarmel@ndlf.com

Caroline Elizabeth Siefert caroline.siefert@ndlf.com

Chanmaly Kendie Schlecht kendie.schlecht@ndlf.com

James Stephen Hultz james.hultz@ndlf.com

Kari Marie Myron kmyron@aguileragroup.com, krickard@aguileragroup.com,

travelers@aguileragroup.com

Raymond Earl Brown rbrown@aguilergroup.com

Rondi Jan Walsh rondi.walsh@ndlf.com

Thomas Lether tlether@letherlaw.com, amccroan@letherlaw.com, eneal@letherlaw.com,

kjohansen@letherlaw.com, lhartt@letherlaw.com, shavre@letherlaw.com

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel who have not

registered for e-filing under the court’s CM/ECF program.

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