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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WESTPORT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RELIEF,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-00312-CRB (KAW)

ORDER TERMINATING MOTION TO 

COMPEL

Re: Dkt. No. 77

On March 26, 2015, Defendant Northern California Relief moved to compel compliance 

with subpoenas served on non-party law firms. (Def.'s Mot. to Compel, Dkt. No. 77.) The 

subpoenas seek production of certain documents, which Defendant intends to use in its opposition 

to Plaintiff's summary judgment motion. (Id. at 23.) The current due date for Defendant's 

opposition is April 1, 2015. (Order, Dkt. No. 73.) Defendant has filed a separate ex parte 

application in which it requests that the motion to compel be heard prior to April 1, 2015 or, 

alternatively, that the deadlines associated with the motion for summary judgment be continued so 

that it has an opportunity to obtain the outstanding discovery. (Def.'s Ex Parte App., Dkt. No. 74.) 

The ex parte application is denied to the extent that it seeks a hearing on the motion to compel 

prior to April 1, 2015.

Moreover, the Court notes that the subpoenas at issue list Los Angeles, CA as the place of 

compliance. Rules 37 and 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide that when a litigant 

seeks information from a nonparty, it must seek relief from the court for the district where 

compliance is required. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(2) ("A motion for an order to a nonparty must 

be made in the court where the discovery is or will be taken."); Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(2)(b)(i) ("At 

any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party may move the court for the district 

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where compliance is required for an order compelling production or inspection."). Therefore, if

Defendant intends to pursue these discovery matters in this forum, it shall file a brief explaining 

why the relief sought should not be obtained from the United States District Court for the Central 

District of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

______________________________________

KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

03/31/15

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