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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 Commissioner Jones, 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). 

 In this court’s order of December 4, 2015, plaintiffs were ordered to respond to movants’ 

request that the deposition of Commissioner Jones, scheduled for December 15, 2015, be stayed 

pending resolution of the motion to quash the deposition subpoena. See ECF No. 7. Plaintiffs 

have filed their response stating that they have “no opposition” to staying the deposition, except 

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that it cannot be stayed past the January 29, 2016 discovery cutoff. ECF No. 8 at 2. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

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

a stay of Commissioner Jones’s December 15, 2015 deposition until the motion to quash is 

resolved. 

 2. This court is aware of the January 29, 2016 fact discovery deadline, including 

depositions, that is pending in the main case. See City of Sterling Heights, 2:12-cv-05275 MCA 

LDW, ECF No. 328 ¶ 2 (D.N.J. August 21, 2015). 

DATED: December 8, 2015 

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