Opinion
No. CIV 09-0209 PHX RCB.
October 27, 2009
ORDER
On September 30, 2009, this court, inter alia, granted the "Motion for Leave to Conduct Limited Discovery" by respondent, Bashas', Inc. E.E.O.C. v. Bashas', Inc., 2009 WL 3241763, at *17 (D.Ariz. 2009) ("E.E.O.C. II"). Since then, Bashas' has served several forms of discovery upon the E.E.O.C. Additionally, Bashas' has served subpoenas on six other non-party entities and individuals.
From the E.E.O.C.'s perspective, the requested discovery is "far beyond what the Court envisioned in" E.E.O.C. II. Mot. (doc. 46) at 1:27-28 (citation omitted). Therefore, on October 26, 2009, the E.E.O.C. filed the pending "Motion to Clarify Order Granting Limited Discovery" (doc. 46). Because its discovery responses currently are due on November 7, 2009, the E.E.O.C. also is requesting a stay of the time in which to respond to Bashas' discovery requests, and an "expedited ruling" on this motion. Id. at 2:2-3.
The court hereby ORDERS that:
(1) in accordance with the applicable rules and law, Bashas' shall timely file and serve its response to the E.E.O.C.'s Motion to Clarify;
(2) in accordance with the applicable rules and law, the E.E.O.C. shall timely file and serve its reply; and the court FURTHER ORDERS that:
(3) given this recently filed motion to clarify and the fairly imminent discovery response deadline, the court hereby VACATES the November 7, 2009 discovery deadline. After full briefing, in its ruling on the E.E.O.C.'s motion to clarify, the court will set a new discovery response deadline.