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This is from the Responses to the Request For Production of Documents Set Two:
https://roa.sdcourt.ca.gov/roa/faces...2176274187.pdf
So, this request for phone records is FROM Dina and her attorney, TO the Plaintiffs.
Why exactly is it the responsibility of the Plaintiffs to provide phone records of one of the defendants, TO another of the defendants??
That just sounds beyond absurd to me. As absurd as it would be for DINA to ask the Plaintiffs to provide her with her OWN phone records, lol! Why exactly is it that Dina and her attorney feel it is appropriate in any way for them to try to compel a co-defendant's phone records?
And as far as Jonah's phone records, isn't that more appropriately handled by serving him and his phone carrier with a subpoena?
How is it that Dina and her attorneys suspect that the Plaintiffs even HAVE these records??
This whole line of thought just seems beyond absurd to me. If Dina wants Adam's phone records, she and her attorney should just call up Adam and his attorney and ASK for them. And if they say "no", then subpoena them. I don't understand at all why the plaintiffs are even being asked to do this.
The link didn't work for me. But your description and the snippet you quoted certainly imply that Dina thinks the Zahaus have copies of Adam's and Jonah's phone records. My best guess would be that Dina believes those items were released to the Zahaus by the police. It is perfectly appropriate to ask the opposing party for records that the opposing party, in turn, got from governmental entities or phone companies. Governmental agencies and phone companies can be annoying about complying with subpoenas, whereas opposing parties can pretty easily be made to comply.
However, the requests do suggest that Dina is not super-tight with Adam and Jonah at the moment.