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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW T. THOMASSON; and REBECCA J.

THOMASSON, on behalf of themselves and

others similarly situated,

Civil No. 05cv0940-LAB (CAB)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER MODIFYING PREVIOUS ORDER

[Doc. No. 161]

v.

GC SERVICES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; and

DOES 1 through 25, inclusive,

Defendants.

On November 7, 2006, the Court issued a Discovery Order that in part addressed the depositions

of two managers of Defendant GC Services and the production of phone numbers for GC Services’

former employees. [Doc. No. 161.] Subsequent to the Court’s Order, Defendant submitted additional

briefing on these topics and a request the Court reconsider the Order.

With regard to the matter of the depositions of two additional GC Services managers to be held

post the discovery cutoff, the Order stands. Although it appears that Plaintiffs were not diligent in

pursuing this discovery or examining information in their possession to timely notice these depositions,

Plaintiffs will be afforded this final opportunity to take formal discovery to support their claims.

With regard to the production of the phone numbers of Defendant’s former employees, the Court

MODIFIES its previous Order. Defendant produced the names and last known addresses of

approximately 22,000 individuals on September 15, 2006. Defendant represented the database from

which the names were generated does not contain phone numbers, so no phone numbers were included

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in the production. The production of last known phone numbers for these 22,000 former employees will

require a manual search in archived files to determine whether phone numbers of these former

employees are available. Such a search will be extremely burdensome and may be of very limited value

as the data, if available, will in many cases be stale.

Plaintiffs want the information to facilitate their ability to contact some number of these 22,000

former employees to further investigate Defendant’s business practices at issue in the litigation. 

Considering the competing interests and burdens on each party, Plaintiffs may obtain the phone numbers

of the former employees at their expense. Defendant will provide Plaintiffs with an estimate of the cost

of completing the search (the estimated hours involved and hourly rate) no later than November 14,

2006, so Plaintiffs may determine if they wish to proceed with the search.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 9, 2006

CATHY ANN BENCIVENGO

United States Magistrate Judge

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