Nannipaneni et al v. Ashland Capital Fund 2, LLC et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
PRASAD NANNIPANENI, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
ASHLAND CAPITAL FUND 2,
LLC,
Defendant.
Case No. 24-12990
Honorable F. Kay Behm
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford
ORDER ABOUT PLAINTIFFS’ ORAL MOTION TO COMPEL
As required by this Court’s practice guidelines, plaintiffs requested a
status conference to address discovery disputes. During the October 30,
2025, status conference, counsel said that two requests for production of
documents remained in dispute.
In request for production of documents No. 2, plaintiffs requested, “All
documents regarding Defendant’s purchase of the HELOC mortgage loan.”
The Court ORDERS defendant to identify the categories of documents in
its possession, custody, or control that would be responsive to that request.
The parties must then engage in a meet and confer to discuss which
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categories are relevant and proportional to the needs of the case and
should thus be produced.
In request for production of documents No. 3, plaintiffs requested, “All
documents regarding the purchase of the HELOC loan by Defendant’s
predecessors in interest.” Defendant objected to the relevance of this
request, but then said during that status conference that it has no
documents responsive to this request in its possession, custody, or control.
The Court ORDERS defendant to supplement its response by stating that it
has no responsive documents and to sign the supplement under Federal
Rule of Civil Procedure 26(g).
The Court will hold another status conference on December 5, 2025
at 10:30 a.m. to address any remaining issues related to these document
requests. If the parties have resolved all the issues, they must notify the
Court and the status conference will be canceled.
s/Elizabeth A. Stafford
ELIZABETH A. STAFFORD
Dated: October 30, 2025 United States Magistrate Judge
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NOTICE TO PARTIES ABOUT OBJECTIONS
Within 14 days of being served with this order, any party may file
objections with the assigned district judge. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a). The
district judge may sustain an objection only if the order is clearly erroneous
or contrary to law. 28 U.S.C. § 636. “When an objection is filed to a
magistrate judge’s ruling on a non-dispositive motion, the ruling
remains in full force and effect unless and until it is stayed by the
magistrate judge or a district judge.” E.D. Mich. LR 72.2.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that this document was served on counsel
of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s ECF System to
their email or First Class U.S. mail addresses disclosed on the Notice of
Electronic Filing on October 30, 2025.
s/Davon Allen
DAVON ALLEN
Case Manager
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