Filed: Jan. 04, 2019
Latest Update: Jan. 04, 2019
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: "FIRST LOOK" AGREEMENT RE: DEFENDANTS' FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 45 SUBPOENA SEEKING PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL RECORDS (ECF No. 82) ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . The parties, by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the following order being issued in this matter: 1. On December 6, 2018, Plaintiff's counsel received a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 subpoena for the Production of Documents which counsel for Defendants s
Summary: STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: "FIRST LOOK" AGREEMENT RE: DEFENDANTS' FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 45 SUBPOENA SEEKING PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL RECORDS (ECF No. 82) ERICA P. GROSJEAN , Magistrate Judge . The parties, by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the following order being issued in this matter: 1. On December 6, 2018, Plaintiff's counsel received a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 subpoena for the Production of Documents which counsel for Defendants se..
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STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: "FIRST LOOK" AGREEMENT RE: DEFENDANTS' FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 45 SUBPOENA SEEKING PLAINTIFF'S MEDICAL RECORDS
(ECF No. 82)
ERICA P. GROSJEAN, Magistrate Judge.
The parties, by and through their respective attorneys of record, hereby stipulate to the following order being issued in this matter:
1. On December 6, 2018, Plaintiff's counsel received a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 subpoena for the Production of Documents which counsel for Defendants served or will serve by Ronsin Litigation Support Services on the following entity:
A. Custodian of Records: Department of Health Care Services/Medi-Cal seeking, regardless of date, "[a]ny and insurance records, documents, reports, claims, applications, enrollment records, policies, medical records, benefits, explanation of benefits, billings, denials and any other reocrds, including but not limited to any records/documents that may be stored digitally and/or electronically relating to Jeremy Lapachet, DOB 12/7/74, HAR: 56936955, Santa Clara Hosp. # 56837532."
2. The subpoena had a production date and time of January 2, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.
3. Plaintiff's counsel contend that the subpoenaed documents likely contain privileged information to which Defendants are not entitled (such as medical histories of unrelated conditions and/or injuries), and that the subpoenas as drafted are overbroad insofar as they seek discovery of information protected by Plaintiff's physician-patient privilege and privacy rights, and which is neither proportional to the needs of this case nor relevant to the claims and defenses in this matter. Counsel for defendants disputes plaintiff's contentions set forth in this paragraph.
4. Plaintiff's counsel and Defendants' counsel met and conferred by email on December 17, 2018 and again on January 2, 2019. The parties agree to the following "First-Look" Procedure:
a. Counsel for Defendants shall instruct Ronsin Litigation Support Services to obtain the subpoenaed documents on January 9, 2019; however, instead of producing the documents to counsel for Defendants, Ronsin Litigation Support Services shall instead produce the documents directly to Plaintiff's counsel's business address: Haddad & Sherwin LLP, 505 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94612.
b. Upon receipt of the subpoenaed documents from Ronsin Litigation Support Services, Plaintiff's counsel will then have fifteen (15) business days to review the documents to see if they contain any privileged information. If the documents do contain such information, Plaintiff's counsel shall redact and/or withhold the pages containing that information and Plaintiff's counsel shall create a privilege log complying with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 45(e)(2)(A)(i)-(ii) and 26(b)(5)(A)(i)-(ii).
c. On or before the fifteenth (15th) business day after receiving the records from Ronsin Litigation Support Services, Plaintiff's counsel shall serve the subpoenaed documents by Federal Express Priority Overnight on Defendants' counsel; if Plaintiff's counsel has redacted and/or withheld any information, they shall also concurrently serve the privilege log described in ¶ 3(b), above.
5. Counsel for Defendants shall pay for Ronsin Litigation Support Services in obtaining the documents and producing them to Plaintiff's counsel, and Plaintiff's counsel shall pay to send them by Federal Express Priority Overnight to Counsel for Defendants.
6. Counsel for Defendants reserves their rights to seek production of any documents that are withheld and/or redacted by Plaintiff's counsel pursuant to the terms of this agreement. Should any such discovery dispute not be subject to resolution through the meet and confer process, Defendants reserve their rights to file discovery motions with the Court seeking an Order requiring production of withheld documents.
IT IS SO STIPULATED, THROUGH COUNSEL OF RECORD.
ORDER
Pursuant to Stipulation of the Parties (ECF No. 82), and good cause appearing,
IT IS SO ORDERED.
