Opinion ID: 6346805
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Identify all persons related to the Eparchy

Text: of Phoenix and/or the Catholic Church with whom you discussed Dean Burri or Burri Law Group, or the instant lawsuit (excluding counsel). Burri also requested leave to depose the Defendants. A few months later, the district court dismissed the claims against the Skurla Defendants and denied Burri’s motion for jurisdictional discovery against them. In another order, the court dismissed the claims against the Lach Defendants and denied the motion for discovery against them. The reasoning of the two orders was virtually identical—the court stated that it lacked personal jurisdiction over Burri’s claims because the Defendants did not purposefully direct conduct toward Arizona sufficient to satisfy the due process “minimum contacts” inquiry, and no discovery could cure that problem. This appeal followed.