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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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1 Regular discovery was closed in this case on March 31, 2004.

Scheduling Order (doc. 81).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

FINOVA Capital Corporation, )

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Plaintiff, ) No. CIV 02-1277-PHX RCB

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Vs. ) O R D E R

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Richard A. Arledge, Inc., )

d/b/a Arledge Motor Co., )

et al., )

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Defendants. ) )

On September 26, 2005, Defendants Richard A. Arledge, Inc., et

al. ("the Arledges") filed a motion for expedited discovery. Mot.

(doc. 211). Due to the preliminary injunction hearing scheduled for

October 24, 2005, the Arledges assert that they should be allowed

to conduct limited discovery on issues relevant to the hearing.1

The Arledges "seek to discover information regarding FINOVA's

assets, whether or not each asset is secured, whether or not the

security interest has been perfected, what assets have been sold

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since Defendants filed their Application, what assets are about to

be sold, etc." Id. at 2. The Arledges request that the Court order

FINOVA to respond to such discovery requests within ten (10) days

of service and direct FINOVA to produce a corporate representative

for deposition on five (5) days notice. Id. at 3-4. 

In its response, FINOVA does not object to the Arledges

conducting limited discovery. Resp. (doc. 212) at 1. However, due

to the fact that Defendants did not include in their motion the

specific discovery requests they intend to pose, FINOVA asserts

that it is impossible for it to determine "(a) if the scope of the

requests are proper and (b) if the requested response deadline is

reasonable in light of such scope." Id. at 2. FINOVA notes that it

has approximately $800 million of assets, "which necessarily will

require narrow discovery requests in order to generate the

information (and only the information) which the parties truly need

for the hearing." Id. Thus, due to the Arledges' lack of

specificity, FINOVA asks that the motion for expedited discovery be

denied. Id.

The Arledges filed their reply on September 28, 2005. Reply

(doc. 213). With this filing, Defendants filed copies of their

proposed discovery requests. Id. They assert that at the time of

filing their original motion, they had not yet "prepared the

proposed discovery requests; but wanted to get the ball rolling due

to the short amount of time before the October 24, 2005 hearing." 

Id. at 2.

IT IS ORDERED that the Arledges' Motion for Expedited

Discovery (doc. 211) is GRANTED with the following limitations: 

(1) FINOVA is directed to respond to Interrogatories 1, 3, 4,

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5, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and Requests for Production of Documents 1,

2, 5, 6, 7, and 8, within ten (10) days of service, or such

additional time the Court may grant upon application. FINOVA must

also respond to Requests for Production of Documents 3 and 4 within

ten (10) days of service if such responses would amount to less

than or equal to twenty (20) in number. Otherwise, the Court shall

allow FINOVA, if it so chooses, an opportunity to be heard on the

issue of the burdensomeness of such requests. In addition, FINOVA

must produce a corporate representative for deposition on ten (10)

days notice.

(2) FINOVA does not have to respond to Interrogatories 2 and

6, unless the Arledges, within ten (10) days of this order,

indicate that they are willing to have the hearing on the

application for a preliminary injunction reset to a future time

that will allow FINOVA time to respond to such interrogatories.

DATED this 4th day of October, 2005.

Copies to counsel of record.

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