Bustillo v. Lappin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “broad discretion is vested in the trial court to permit or deny discovery, and its decision to deny discovery will not be disturbed except upon the clearest showing that denial of discovery results in actual and substantial prejudice to the complaining litigant”
• finding that an SEC investigation falls under the discretionary function exception
• setting forth standard of review and explaining that district courts have “broad discretion” to permit or deny discovery
• finding alleged violations of 19 policies lack a causal relationship to plaintiffs’ alleged injuries required to establish jurisdiction 20 so certain FTCA claims were properly dismissed
• “It is well-established that the burden is on the party 3 seeking to conduct additional discovery to put forth sufficient facts to show that the evidence 4 sought exists.”
• “The decision of whether or not to bring an enforcement action is plainly discretionary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).