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Nature of Suit Code: 891
Nature of Suit: Agricultural Acts
Cause of Action: 07:499 Agricultural Commodities Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ONIONS ETC., INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

Z&S FRESH, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-906-OWW-MJS

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO EXCEED

DISCOVERY LIMITS

(ECF NO. 473)

Before the Court is Defendants Loren S. Schoenburg and Margaret aka Marge

Schoenburg’s Motion to Exceed Discovery Limit [ECF No. 473] seeking permission to serve

twenty-two contention interrogatories each with three specified sub-parts.

The Schoenburgs contend that Court permission is necessary because their

proposed interrogatories may be said to exceed the limits set forth in Rule 33. The parties

opposing the Motion argue that sub-parts do not constitute separate interrogatories and,

therefore, that the instant Motion is unnecessary. 

Aside from the legal issue of whether the proposed sub-parts of these contention

interrogatories constitute separate interrogatories for purposes of Rule 33, there does not

appear to be a genuine dispute as to whether the requested discovery is appropriate.

Accordingly, without addressing or deciding that legal issue, the Schoenburg’s Motion to

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Exceed Discovery Limit [ECF No. 473] is GRANTED. The Schoenburgs may 

serve their proposed twenty-two contention interrogatories each with the three specified

subparts.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 8, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

ci4d6 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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