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

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KATZOFF & 

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1500 PARK AVENUE, SUITE 300

EMERYVILLE, CA 94608

(510)597-1990

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JOINT REPORT OF THE PARTIES OUTLINING DISCOVERY PLAN; ORDER THEREON 

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ROBERT R. RIGGS (SBN 107684)

STEPHEN G. PREONAS (SBN 245334)

Katzoff & Riggs LLP

1500 Park Avenue, Suite 300

Emeryville, CA 94608

Tel. (510) 597-1990

email: rriggs@katzoffriggs.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs KAREN RIGSBY,

Trustee, and DONALD P. STEINMEYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION

KAREN RIGSBY, Trustee of the

MARSH REVOCABLE TRUST OF

2003, and DONALD P. STEINMEYER,

an individual,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

INTERCARE SPECIALITY RISK 

INSURANCE SERVICES, INC., et al.

Defendants.

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and RELATED COUNTERCLAIM

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Case No. 2:17-cv-01347-MCE-EFB

JOINT REPORT OF THE PARTIES 

OUTLINING DISCOVERY PLAN; 

ORDER THEREON

[Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f)(2)]

The parties in this action have conferred regarding the subjects of Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 26, as follows. Counsel for Plaintiffs Karen Rigsby, Trustee of the 

Marsh Revocable Trust of 2003, and Donald P. Steinmeyer (hereafter, “Plaintiffs”), and 

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counsel for Defendant Patriot National, Inc. conferred on August 30, 2017. Counsel for 

Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendants Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Services, Inc., 

ISR Holdings, Inc., and Kevin Hamm conferred on October 4, 2017. As a result of the 

foregoing conferences, the following outline of a discovery plan was agreed.

A. Disclosures Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a) 

The parties will each make their respective Rule 26(a) disclosures to all other 

parties by the date thirty (30) days following the submittal of this Joint Report. Produced 

documents will be Bates numbered, to the extent practicable, for ease of identifying the 

producing party. 

B. Sequence and Subjects of Discovery 

Discovery may proceed as stated herein regarding any nonprivileged matter that is 

relevant to any party’s claims or defenses and proportional to the needs of the case, 

considering the importance of the issues at stake in the action, the amount in controversy, 

the parties’ relative access to relevant information, the parties’ resources, the importance 

of the discovery in resolving the issues, and whether the burden or expense of the 

proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit. Information within this scope of 

discovery need not be admissible in evidence in order to be discoverable.

1. Written Discovery.

Interrogatories to parties may be propounded pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 33 by any 

party, effective upon the submittal of this Joint Report. The limit on the number of 

interrogatories specified in Fed.R.Civ.P. 33(a)(1) shall apply. Leave to serve additional 

interrogatories may be granted by the Court for good cause shown. The parties shall 

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meet and confer in good faith concerning any request for leave to propound additional 

interrogatories prior to any motion for leave of Court.

Requests for admissions to parties may be propounded pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 36 

by any party, effective upon the submittal of this Joint Report. Requests for admissions 

shall be limited to thirty (30) by any one party to any other party. Leave to propound 

additional requests for admissions may be granted by the Court for good cause shown. 

The parties shall meet and confer in good faith concerning any request for leave to 

propound additional requests for admissions prior to any motion for leave of Court.

Requests for production of documents, electronically stored information, and 

tangible things to parties may be propounded pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 34 by any party, 

after the time for each party’s initial Rule 26(a) disclosures specified in this Joint Report. 

Additionally, as provided in Fed.R.Civ.P. 34(c) and Fed.R.Civ.P. 45, a nonparty may be 

compelled to produce documents and tangible things, after the time for each party’s 

initial Rule 26(a) disclosures specified in this Joint Report. Leave to propound additional 

requests for admissions may be granted by the Court for good cause shown. The parties 

shall meet and confer in good faith concerning any request for leave to propound 

additional requests for admissions prior to any motion for leave of Court.

2. Depositions.

Depositions by oral examination may be taken pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 30 during 

any of the following time periods: (1) between February 1, 2018 and May 4, 2018; and

(2) between Aug. 13, 2018 and Aug. 31, 2018. Leave of court shall be required to take 

depositions under the circumstances listed in Fed.R.Civ.P. 30(a)(2). The deponent’s 

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attendance may be compelled by subpoena under Rule 45. The parties shall meet and 

confer in good faith concerning any request for leave to take depositions, if such leave is 

required.

Depositions by written questions may be taken pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 31 at any 

time between February 1, 2018 and Aug. 31, 2018. Leave of court shall be required to 

take depositions under the circumstances listed in Fed.R.Civ.P. 31(a)(2). The deponent’s 

attendance may be compelled by subpoena under Rule 45. The parties shall meet and 

confer in good faith concerning any request for leave to take depositions, if such leave is 

required.

C. Electronically Stored Information 

Electronically Stored Information (“ESI”) that is within the scope of discovery as 

identified in this Joint Report will be produced, unless it would need to be produced from 

sources that are not reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. The parties 

will produce ESI in digital format, including: (i) Bates labeled images, either in singlepage TIFF image format, 300 dots per inch, or multi-page PDF format; (ii) corresponding 

metadata for each separate record; (iii) extracted text or OCR text for each document 

containing text; (iv) load files for all images, metadata and extracted text provided. Files 

that require viewing in their native format for a full understanding of their content, such 

as spreadsheets, presentations, database files, and any other file types that reasonably 

require viewing in their native format for a full understanding of their content, shall be 

produced in their native format along with a placeholder image containing the assigned 

bates number of the native file. In the event documents are produced in a format that is 

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unusual, rare and/or proprietary, the parties will meet and confer in good faith concerning 

making available to other parties any software that may be necessary to view the 

documents in their native format.

The parties shall meet and confer in good faith concerning any issues of 

reasonable accessibility or undue cost in connection with ESI.

D. Privilege, Confidentiality and Protective Orders

1. Privilege

Privileged documents that are inadvertently produced by any party shall be 

promptly returned to that party, with any copies destroyed, if the party makes a written

claim of privilege accompanied by a request for such return and destruction with

reasonable promptness after discovering the inadvertent production. Any unresolved 

disputes over whether or not produced documents are privileged, and/or, over whether a

knowing waiver of the privilege has occurred, shall be resolved by the Court prior to any 

further use of the document for purposes of testimony or evidence.

2. Confidentiality

The parties have agreed to enter into the Stipulation and [Proposed] Protective 

Order attached as Exhibit A to this Joint Report.

E. Changes to Limitations on Discovery 

As discussed herein, the parties have agreed to abide by the limitations on 

discovery arising from the current version of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, unless 

there is good cause for modifying these limitations. The parties have further agreed to 

meet and confer in good faith prior to presenting any request to modify the limitations of 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to the court.

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STIPULATION TO ADOPT JOINT REPORT AS ORDER OF THE 

COURT 

The undersigned, constituting counsel of record for all of the parties who have 

appeared in this action, join in this Joint Report. The undersigned stipulate that the Court 

should adopt the Joint Report as the order of the Court.

[signatures continue on following page]

Dated: October 18, 2017

KATZOFF & RIGGS LLP

/s Robert R. Riggs

By: ______________________________

Robert R. Riggs

Attorneys for Plaintiffs and CrossDefendants KAREN RIGSBY, Trustee 

of the MARSH REVOCABLE TRUST 

OF 2003, and DONALD P. 

STEINMEYER

Dated: October 18, 2017

LAW OFFICES OF PETER DUNN 

LEMMON

/s Peter Dunn Lemmon

By: ______________________________

Peter Dunn Lemmon

Attorneys for Defendant and CrossComplainant ISR HOLDINGS, INC.

Dated: October 18, 2017

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LAW OFFICE OF DEWEY V. 

HARPAINTER

/s Dewey V. Harpainter

By: ______________________________

Dewey V. Harpainter

Attorneys for Defendant KEVIN HAMM

Dated: October 18, 2017

CONRAD & SCHERER LLP

/s Russell R. O’Brien

By: ______________________________

Russell R. O’Brien

Attorneys for Defendant PATRIOT 

NATIONAL, INC.

Dated: October 18, 2017

WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC

/s Oliver W. Wanger

By: ______________________________

Oliver W. Wanger

Attorneys for Defendant PATRIOT 

NATIONAL, INC.

By the Court:

Good cause appearing, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 8, 2017

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