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MONTES v. BANK OF AMERICA, 2:13-cv-660-RCJ-VCF. (2014)

Court: District Court, D. Nevada Number: infdco20140404h07 Visitors: 19
Filed: Apr. 03, 2014
Latest Update: Apr. 03, 2014
Summary: ORDER CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge. This matter involves Plaintiff Jose Montes' bad faith insurance action against Bank of America, et al. on behalf of a putative class. ( See Compl. (#1) Exhibit A at 8-9 1 ). Before the court is Montes' motion to compel (#35). Bank of America opposed (#44); and Montes replied (#51). Montes' moves the court to compel Bank of America to disclose facially discoverable information in response to Montes' interrogatories. Bank of America opposes Montes' req
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ORDER

CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.

This matter involves Plaintiff Jose Montes' bad faith insurance action against Bank of America, et al. on behalf of a putative class. (See Compl. (#1) Exhibit A at 8-91). Before the court is Montes' motion to compel (#35). Bank of America opposed (#44); and Montes replied (#51).

Montes' moves the court to compel Bank of America to disclose facially discoverable information in response to Montes' interrogatories. Bank of America opposes Montes' request on several grounds, including (1) relevance, (2) Montes' alleged failure to meet and confer, (3) Montes' alleged waiver of the right to compel, (4) an alleged bank-customer privilege, and (5) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 33(a)(1), which limits the number of interrogatories to twenty five.

The court's preliminary review of the parties' papers indicates that Bank of America's opposition is unavailing. The court is not persuaded that Montes' requests are not within the scope of Rule 26, prohibited by an alleged bank-customer privilege, or that Montes waived its right to compel. Bank of America's assertion that the parties should be required to meet and confer is similarly unpersuasive. The record reflects that counsels' relationship is becoming acrimonious. It is, therefore, unlikely that a "meaningful" meet and confer would occur, as required by ShuffleMaster, Inc. v. Progressive Games, Inc., 170 F.R.D. 166, 171 (D. Nev. 1996).

However, the court cannot determine whether Montes' interrogatories complied with Rule 33(a)(1). Montes did not include an original copy of the interrogatories as an exhibit to Montes' motion or reply. Additionally, Bank of America reorganized and renumbered Montes' interrogatories when it responded to Montes' request.

ACCORDINGLY, and for good cause shown,

IT IS ORDERED that Jose Montes will file a SUPPLEMENT to Montes' motion to compel that includes an original copy of the interrogatories propounded on each Defendant by April 11, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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1. Parenthetical citations refer to the court's docket.
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