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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
`SOUTHERN DIVISION
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`IN RE AUTOMOTIVE PARTS
`ANTITRUST LITIGATION
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`ALL PARTS
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`THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO:
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`Master File No. 12-md-02311
`Honorable Marianne O. Battani
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`Case No.
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`[PROPOSED] ORDER
`GRANTING END-PAYOR
`PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO
`MODIFY STIPULATED ORDER
`OF DISCOVERY
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`Case 2:12-md-02311-SFC-RSW ECF No. 837-2, PageID.11301 Filed 10/10/14 Page 2 of 3
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`ORDER GRANTING END-PAYOR PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO MODIFY
`STIPULATED ORDER OF DISCOVERY
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`Before the Court is End-Payor Plaintiffs (“EPPs”)’ Objections to the
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`Master’s Order re EPPs’ Motion to Modify the Stipulated Order of Discovery.
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`EPPs filed objections on October 10, 2014 to the Master’s order of October 8,
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`2014 with the Court per Fed. R. Civ. P. 53(f)(2) and the Order Appointing a Master
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`(ECF No. 792). The Court has reviewed these objections de novo pursuant to Fed.
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`R. Civ. P. 53(f).
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`Upon consideration of the parties’ arguments, the Master’s Order, and EPPs’
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`objections, the motion is GRANTED. The Court amends the Master’s Order as
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`follows:
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`The Court modifies the Discovery Stay to permit Plaintiffs to serve
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`discovery on all defendants who have pled guilty or agreed to plead guilty in cases
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`that are or become part of MDL 2311 (“Guilty Pleading Defendants”) seeking the
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`identification of vehicles affected by the conduct described in their plea
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`agreements. Plaintiffs may serve discovery consistent with this order in all cases
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`that are presently or become part of this multidistrict litigation. Guilty Pleading
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`Defendants in all product cases must substantively respond to the proposed
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`interrogatory attached as Exhibit 1 to Plaintiffs’ objections.
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`The United States Department of Justice does not object to this limited
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`discovery, and the Guilty Pleading Defendants have not identified any burden or
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`expense in providing it. The discovery would be helpful to the Court, the Master,
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`all parties, and interested third-parties.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Date: October __, 2014
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`MARIANNE O. BATTANI
`United States District Judge
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