Opinion
99 Civ. 9568 (LAK)
December 12, 2002
ORDER
By letter dated December 3, 2002, plaintiffs have raised a number of issues regarding defendants' alleged failure to respond to discovery requests. After receiving a response from defendants, dated December 5, 2002, and a reply from plaintiffs, dated December 10, 2002, the Court rules as follows, the following numbered paragraphs of this order corresponding to the numbered paragraphs of plaintiffs' December 3, 2002 letter:
1. Defendants shall produce the requested OEEO data base for the period 1991 through 1995 if and to the extent that it exists or, to the extent that it does not exist, the OEEO Fact Sheets for the corresponding period(s).
2. Defendants shall produce the data that were given or made available to the DRTF and any documents reflecting requests by the DRTF for data that were not provided to it.
4. Defendants shall produce the "49"s and plea memoranda for the comparators.
5. Defendants shall produce, to the extent they have not done so previously, any IAB closing reports concerning the named plaintiffs in this action.
6. The defendants' objections are sustained.
7. The defendants' objections are sustained without prejudice to a subsequent application by plaintiffs to compel responses to specific interrogatories provided to the Court. Any such application should be limited to a small number of highly relevant interrogatories that seek to
In reaching this disposition, the Court has considered the various points made in the parties' letters, the extent of the discovery previously conducted, and the likely burden and expense of the proposed discovery as compared with its likely benefit, taking into account the needs of the case, the amount in controversy, the parties' resources, the importance of the issues involved, and the importance of the proposed discovery in resolving those issues. To the extent, if any, that plaintiffs have sought an order compelling production beyond that granted above, the request is denied.