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Nature of Suit Code: 740
Nature of Suit: Railway Labor Act
Cause of Action: 45:151 Railway Labor Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Don Addington; John Bostic; Mark

Burman; Afshin Iranpour; Roger Velez;

Steve Wargocki,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

US Airline Pilots Association; US

Airways, Inc.,

Defendants. __________________________________

Don Addington; John Bostic; Mark

Burman; Afshin Iranpour; Roger Velez;

Steve Wargocki, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Steven Bradford; Paul Diorio; Robert

Frear; Mark King; Douglas Mowery; John

Stephan, et al., 

Defendants. 

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No. CV 08-1633-PHX-NVW

(consolidated)

ORDER

CV08-1728-PHX-NVW

Before the Court is the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Protective Order Directing Defendant’s

Counsel to Respect ER 4.2 and Abstain from Ex Parte Contact with Members of the West

Pilot Class. (Doc. # 274.) The Court directed Defendant USAPA to file a response to this

Motion by 5:00pm March 24, 2009, and USAPA has done so. (Doc. ## 276, 280.) On first

examining Plaintiffs’ motion, the Court concluded that it was in the nature of a charge of

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ethical improprieties and did not require the parties to follow the Court’s standard conferral

procedure that applies to all discovery disputes. The Court now agrees with USAPA that

Plaintiffs’ motion is, in substance, a discovery dispute and conferral is required before any

formal motion will be considered.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties shall confer forthwith by telephone

or in person regarding the scope of class-member discovery and the procedures by which

Plaintiffs will make appropriate class-members available for interview by USAPA’s counsel.

The parties shall also confer forthwith by telephone or in person regarding any appropriate

disclosure of prior communications between USAPA’s counsel and class members regarding

the subject of the representation. The parties shall inform the Court of the status of this

dispute by 4:00pm on Thursday, March 26, 2009.

DATED this 24th day of March, 2009.

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