Supervision Trumps Speculation: Court Denies Motion to Compel Additional Search
Mirmina v. Genpact LLC, No. 3:16CV00614, 2017 WL 3189027 (D. Conn. July 27, 2017)
In this case, Plaintiff sought to compel Defendant to conduct an additional search for ESI. Plaintiff asserted that he was “concerned” that responsive communications were withheld from production and argued “in essence, that defendant’s search for ESI was insufficient because counsel relied upon an employee directly involved in the underlying claims of the suit to search her own emails for responsive documents.” Defendant opposed the motion and argued that Plaintiff’s concerns were “unfounded because the search for responsive records was coordinated and overseen by counsel.” In support of that position, Defendant’s in-house counsel provided an affidavit outlining the approach: