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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Sarah Green; Denise Green; Thomas

Green, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Gilbert Public Schools District No. 41, 

et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-12-01399-PHX-FJM

ORDER

Before the court is plaintiffs’ motion to compel (doc. 75), defendants’ response (doc.

84) and plaintiffs’ reply (doc. 87). Plaintiffs seek to “compel discovery as to the nature and

extent of Defendants’ spoliation of evidence.” Motion at 1. Plaintiffs assert that defendants

have refused to produce or preserve electronically stored information, falsified a report, and

misrepresented their discovery production as complete. Id. 

Plaintiffs have cited no law supporting their position that defendants were required

to maintain records in an electronic format. Moreover, plaintiffs make factual allegations and

accusations without any evidentiary support. Defendants assert that they have produced in

excess of 3,500 documents and responded to written discovery in excess of those permitted

by our Rule 16 scheduling order. Defendants argue that plaintiffs’ discovery and public

records requests are harassing and burdensome. 

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Plaintiffs have failed to support their motion to compel either by legal authority or by

evidentiary support. We cannot grant a motion to compel based on plaintiffs’ unsupported

statements alone.

IT IS ORDERED DENYING plaintiffs’ motion to compel (doc. 75). 

DATED this 9th day of October, 2013.

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