Order | Filed: September 15, 2026
| Entered: September 15, 2026
Star Hyundai, LLC v. Hyundai Motor America et al
Other Statutory Actions | New York Eastern
Order on Motion for Discovery Order on Motion to Compel Order on Motion for Leave to Electronically File Document under Seal Order on Motion for Protective Order Order on Motion to Seal Status Report Order
ORDER: Defendants' motion for discovery, ECF No. 49 , is denied. According to Defendants, the motion was filed before the parties had reach an impasse due to now-resolved uncertainty regarding Plaintiff's representation, the motion was "not intended to be exhaustive and Defendants reserve[d] the right to bring additional discovery matters before the court after confirming the Parties [we]re at an impasse." Id. The parties did not make a good faith effort to resolve their disputes before judicial intervention was sought by way of this motion, and the parties did not raise their discovery issues in a joint letter, as required by the Court's Rules, the Local Rules and the Federal Rules, so the motion is denied.
Plaintiff's three motions to compel discovery, ECF No. 52 , 67 & 73 , which Defendants oppose, see ECF No. 54 , 68 & 77 , are also denied. Again, it is not clear whether the parties made a good faith effort to resolve their disputes before judicial intervention was sought by way of these motions, and the parties did not raise their discovery issues in a joint letter, as required by the Court's Rules, the Local Rules and the Federal Rules, so these motions are denied.
Defendant's two motions for protective orders, ECF No. 60 & 64 , which Plaintiff opposes, see ECF No. 62 & 65 , are similarly denied. These motions seek to preclude Plaintiff from inquiring in depositions regarding certain topics and seek to otherwise strike or limit certain topics during discovery. See ECF No. 60 & 64 . As such, these motions, like those above, raise discovery disputes, which the parties must make a good faith effort to resolve and then raise with the Court in a joint letter only if the parties are at an impasse.
The denial of the motions above is without prejudice to renewal of the requests therein, in a joint letter, if the parties still cannot resolve their discovery disputes after making a good faith effort to do so.
As the Court has not ruled on the merits of the discovery disputes, but rather denied them without prejudice because the parties failed to comply with the applicable rules, the Court will allow the sealing of the motion papers at ECF Nos. 59 , 66 , 69 , 74 and 76 , as the Court does not consider these to be judicial documents that need to be available to the public.
Given the apparent volume of unsettled discovery issues about whi... (truncated)