Notice of Plaintiffs' Objections to and Motion to Reverse in Part — In re BofA Unemployment Litigation (Dkt. 278)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California · No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB · Doc. 278 · 2024-07-19 · Docket on CourtListener

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PLS.’ NOTICE OF OBJECTIONS TO & MOTION TO REVERSE IN PART 
MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S APRIL 24, 2024 DISCOVERY ORDER 
Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
 
JOSEPH W. COTCHETT (SBN 36324) 
jcotchett@cpmlegal.com 
BRIAN DANITZ (SBN 247403) 
bdanitz@cpmlegal.com 
KARIN B. SWOPE (Pro Hac Vice) 
kswope@cpmlegal.com 
ANDREW F. KIRTLEY (SBN 328023) 
akirtley@cpmlegal.com 
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 
840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 
Burlingame, CA 94010 
Telephone: (650) 697-6000 
Fax: (650) 697-0577 
MICHAEL RUBIN (SBN 80618) 
mrubin@altber.com 
STACEY M. LEYTON (SBN 203827) 
sleyton@altber.com 
CONNIE K. CHAN (SBN 284230) 
cchan@altber.com 
COLIN C. JONES (SBN 354301) 
cjones@altber.com 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
177 Post Street, Suite 300 
San Francisco, CA 94108 
Telephone: (415) 421-7151 
Fax: (415) 362-8064 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
IN RE BANK OF AMERICA 
CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS LITIGATION 
Case No. 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
 
PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF 
OBJECTIONS TO AND MOTION TO 
REVERSE IN PART MAGISTRATE 
JUDGE’S APRIL 24, 2024 
DISCOVERY ORDER 
This Document Relates to All Actions 
 
Judge: 
Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel 
Date:  
July 19, 2024 
Time:  
1:30 PM 
Ctrm:                2D (2d floor) 
 
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PLS.’ NOTICE OF OBJECTIONS TO & MOTION TO REVERSE IN PART 
MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S APRIL 24, 2024 DISCOVERY ORDER 
Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-GPC-MSB 
 
TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 19, 2024 at 1:30 p.m., or at such other 
time as the Court may be available to hear this motion, in the U.S. District Court for 
the Southern District of California, located at 211 West Broadway, San Diego, 
California, 92101, in Courtroom 2D (2d floor), before the Honorable Gonzalo P. 
Curiel, Plaintiffs, by and through their counsel, will and hereby do object, pursuant to 
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), to Magistrate Judge Michael Berg’s April 24, 
2024 Discovery Order (ECF 268). 
Plaintiffs object to the Discovery Order to the extent it denies Plaintiffs’ request 
to compel the Bank to search and produce the electronically stored information 
(“ESI”) of Bank executives Brian Moynihan and Thomas Montag in response to 
Plaintiffs’ Requests for Production of Documents (RFPs) Nos. 76-79, as set forth in 
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Compel Additional ESI Custodians (ECF 212). Plaintiffs object 
on the ground that such denial was contrary to law and clearly erroneous within the 
meaning of Rule 72(a) because (1) the Discovery Order applies the wrong legal 
standard for compelling production of documents, and (2) under any potentially 
applicable legal standard, Plaintiffs have shown entitlement to Moynihan and 
Montag’s requested documents. Plaintiffs further object to Judge Berg’s February 20, 
2024 denial of Plaintiffs’ request for leave to submit additional evidence in support 
of their Motion to Compel as an abuse of discretion, and respectfully request that the 
Court exercise its discretion to consider the additional evidence attached to the 
accompanying Supplemental Declaration of Connie K. Chan (“Supp. Decl.”) in ruling 
on Plaintiffs’ instant objections and motion to reverse in part.  
For the same reasons, Plaintiffs further move this Court to modify the 
Discovery Order to add Moynihan and Montag as ESI custodians whose documents 
the Bank must search and produce in response to Plaintiffs’ RFP Nos. 76-79. In the 
alternative, Plaintiffs request that the matter be remanded to Judge Berg to reconsider 
the Discovery Order in light of (1) the proper legal standard, and (2) Plaintiffs’ 
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NOTICE OF MOTION AND OBJECTION 
Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-GPC-
MSB 
 
supplemental evidence attached to the Supplemental Declaration. 
 
These Objections and this Motion are based on this Notice, the accompanying 
Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the accompanying Supplemental Declaration 
of Connie K. Chan and exhibits thereto, the records and files in this case (including 
(1) Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief in Support of Motion to Compel Additional ESI 
Custodians (ECF 212); (2) the Declaration of Connie K. Chan in Support of Plaintiffs’ 
Motion to Compel Additional ESI Custodians and all Exhibits attached thereto (ECF 
212-1 through 212-25); (3)Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Preclude 
Additional Discovery (ECF 215); and (4) the Declaration of Jaclyn L. Schoen in 
Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Preclude Additional Discovery (ECF 215-1)), 
and any other written and oral argument as may be presented to the Court. 
Dated:  May 8, 2024 
COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY, LLP 
 
By: /s/ Brian Danitz  
 
 
JOSEPH W. COTCHETT  
BRIAN DANITZ  
KARIN B. SWOPE  
ANDREW F. KIRTLEY 
 
Dated:  May 8, 2024 
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 
 
By: /s/ Connie K. Chan 
 
 
 
MICHAEL RUBIN  
STACEY M. LEYTON  
CONNIE K. CHAN 
COLIN C. JONES 
 
Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and the 
Proposed Class 
 
 
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NOTICE OF MOTION AND OBJECTION 
Case No.: 3:21-md-02992-GPC-
MSB 
 
SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION 
Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of this Court’s Electronic Case Filing 
Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual, I, Connie K. Chan, hereby certify 
that the content of this document is acceptable to all the signatories herein and that I 
have obtained counsel’s authorization to affix their electronic signatures to this 
document. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Connie K. Chan         
 
 
 
 
 
         
 
CONNIE K. CHAN 
 
 
 
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