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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR REVIEW OF MARCH 12, 2012 DISCOVERY ORDER

Case No. CV 10-9198 JVS (RNBx)

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KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP

101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2300

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOYCE WALKER, KIM BRUCE HOWLETT, and MURIEL SPOONER, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST, a Texas corporation,

Defendant.

CASE NO.: CV 10-9198 JVS (RNBx)

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR REVIEW OF MARCH 20, 2012 DISCOVERY ORDER

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

REVIEW OF MARCH 20, 2012 DISCOVERY ORDER

The Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs Joyce Walker’s, Kim Bruce

Howlett’s, and Muriel Spooner’s (“Plaintiffs”) Motion for Review of the

Magistrate Judge’s March 20, 2012 Discovery Order (the “Motion”). Accordingly,

the Court:

(1) Reverses the Magistrate Judge’s March 20, 2012 discovery order with

respect to Document Request Nos. 74-80, 95-96, 98-100, and 111-112 and

Deposition Topic Nos. 6, 11, 28-29, 32-33, 36, and 38.

(2) Orders Defendant Life Insurance Company of the Southwest

(“Defendant” or “LSW”) to produce, by no later than four weeks from the date of

the hearing of this Motion, all documents responsive to Document Request Nos.

74-80, 95-96, 98-100, and 111-112;

(3) Orders Defendant to provide a corporate designee to testify as to

Deposition Topic Nos. 6, 11, 28-29, 32-33, 36, and 38. LSW shall identify, by no

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR REVIEW OF MARCH 12, 2012 DISCOVERY ORDER

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KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP

101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2300

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111

later than two weeks from the hearing of this motion, the corporate designees who

will testify as to the above topics in dispute. LSW, in conjunction with Plaintiffs,

shall immediately begin scheduling the depositions of its corporate designees.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ________________________

Honorable James V. Selna United States District Judge

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