// STUDIO — Enterprise Word Processor (StudioEditor) const { useState: useStEd, useEffect: useEffEd, useRef: useRefEd } = React; const TspEd = window.ArbiterTokens; // ── Static constants ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── const EDITOR_INITIAL_HTML = `
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
MERIDIAN OIL CORP.,
Plaintiff,
v.                            Case No. 1:26-cv-04421-JST
COASTAL ENERGY LLC,
Defendant.
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION
Civil Action No. 1:26-cv-04421-JST · S.D.N.Y.

Preliminary Statement

Plaintiff Meridian Oil Corp. (“Meridian”) hereby moves, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3)(B)(iv), for an order compelling Defendant Coastal Energy LLC (“Coastal”) to produce all documents responsive to Meridian’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents. Despite sixty (60) days having elapsed since service of the Requests, and notwithstanding four meet-and-confer conferences held in good faith by Meridian’s counsel, Coastal has failed to produce a single document and has interposed boilerplate objections to each and every request.

I. Factual Background

This action arises from a dispute over the acquisition of the Pelican Bay offshore asset portfolio. On February 14, 2026, Meridian served its First Set of Requests seeking, inter alia, documents relating to the Pelican Bay asset acquisition, internal valuations thereof, and all communications with third-party suppliers from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025.

Coastal’s response, served on April 1, 2026, consisted entirely of general objections — to scope, relevance, and proportionality — without producing a single responsive document. Coastal’s counsel has repeatedly represented that production was “forthcoming,” but no documents have been produced as of the date of this filing. Meridian’s ESI vendor has identified an estimated 14,204 documents likely responsive to the Requests.

II. Legal Standard

A party may move to compel production of documents when another party fails to produce them as requested under Rule 34. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(a)(3)(B)(iv). The party resisting discovery bears the burden of establishing that the requested documents are not relevant or that the request is disproportionate to the needs of the case. See Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, 217 F.R.D. 309, 316 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).

Relevance under Rule 26(b)(1) is to be “construed broadly to encompass any matter that bears on, or that reasonably could lead to other matter that could bear on, any issue that is or may be in the case.” Oppenheimer Fund, Inc. v. Sanders, 437 U.S. 340, 351 (1978). Boilerplate objections that lack specific support are improper and do not constitute valid grounds for refusing production. See S.D.N.Y. Local Civ. R. 37.2.

III. Argument

A. Coastal’s Objections Are Boilerplate and Improper. Coastal’s wholesale failure to produce any documents in response to Meridian’s First Set of Requests is unjustified and constitutes a violation of Rules 34 and 37. Meridian’s Requests are narrowly tailored to documents directly relevant to the claims and defenses in this action.

Coastal’s objections to each Request — asserting that they are “overbroad,” “unduly burdensome,” and “not proportional to the needs of the case” — are identical, boilerplate assertions that provide no specific support. Courts in this District have consistently held that such objections are improper. See Pension Comm. of Univ. of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of Am. Sec., LLC, 685 F. Supp. 2d 456, 475 (S.D.N.Y. 2010).

B. The Requested Documents Are Proportional. Under the proportionality factors of Rule 26(b)(1), the importance of the issues at stake, the parties’ relative access to relevant information, and the amount in controversy (exceeding $50 million) all weigh strongly in favor of compelling full production.

IV. Conclusion

For the foregoing reasons, Meridian respectfully requests that the Court enter an order compelling Coastal to produce all documents responsive to Meridian’s First Set of Requests for Production of Documents within fourteen (14) days of the Court’s order, and awarding Meridian its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in bringing this motion pursuant to Rule 37(a)(5)(A).

Respectfully submitted,

KIRKLAND & CHEN LLP

By: /s/ Marcus Kirkland

Marcus Kirkland, Senior Partner

Sophia Chen, Associate

1 Liberty Plaza, Suite 3200, New York, NY 10006

Certificate of Conference per S.D.N.Y. Local Civil Rule 37.2 appended hereto as Exhibit A. Undersigned counsel certifies that the parties met and conferred on March 3, April 7, April 12, and April 18, 2026 without reaching resolution.

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Kirkland' }]); } else if (e.inputType === 'deleteContentBackward' || e.inputType === 'deleteContentForward') { e.preventDefault(); const sel = window.getSelection(); if (!sel || !sel.rangeCount) return; const range = sel.getRangeAt(0); if (range.collapsed) { const tn = range.startContainer; if (tn.nodeType !== Node.TEXT_NODE) return; const isBack = e.inputType === 'deleteContentBackward'; const start = isBack ? Math.max(0, range.startOffset - 1) : range.startOffset; const end = isBack ? range.startOffset : Math.min(tn.length, range.startOffset + 1); if (start === end) return; const ch = tn.textContent.slice(start, end); const nr = document.createRange(); nr.setStart(tn, start); nr.setEnd(tn, end); sel.removeAllRanges(); sel.addRange(nr); document.execCommand('insertHTML', false, `${ch}`); setPendingChanges(prev => [...prev, { id: Date.now(), type: 'delete', text: ch, author: 'M. Kirkland' }]); } else { const del = range.toString(); document.execCommand('insertHTML', false, `${del}`); setPendingChanges(prev => [...prev, { id: Date.now(), type: 'delete', text: del, author: 'M. Kirkland' }]); } } }; el.addEventListener('beforeinput', handler); return () => el.removeEventListener('beforeinput', handler); }, [trackChanges]); // Auto-save every 30s useEffEd(() => { const id = setInterval(() => setAutoSaved(Date.now()), 30000); return () => clearInterval(id); }, []); // ── Render helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── const saveInfo = (() => { const diff = Math.floor((Date.now() - autoSaved) / 1000); if (diff < 8) return { label: '● Saved just now', color: st.emerald }; const mins = Math.floor(diff / 60); return { label: `● Saved ${mins || 1}m ago`, color: TspEd.color.text.tertiary }; })(); const pageEst = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(wordCount / 500)); const readMin = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(wordCount / 238)); const scalePx = (px) => Math.round(px * zoom / 100); const Sep = ({ k }) => (
); const tbBtn = (label, active, onClick, title, extraStyle) => ( ); // ── JSX ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── return (
{/* ══ Toolbar Row 1 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */}
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{[['normal','Normal',TspEd.color.text.secondary],['redline','Redline',st.crimson],['outline','Outline',st.cobalt]].map(([m,lbl,c]) => ( ))}
{/* Styles / Font / Size */}
{/* B I U S */}
{tbBtn('B', fmtState.bold, () => execCmd('bold'), 'Bold (Ctrl+B)', { fontWeight:900, fontStyle:'normal', textDecoration:'none', fontSize:'12px' })} {tbBtn('I', fmtState.italic, () => execCmd('italic'), 'Italic (Ctrl+I)', { fontStyle:'italic', textDecoration:'none', fontWeight:500 })} {tbBtn('U', fmtState.underline, () => execCmd('underline'), 'Underline (Ctrl+U)', { textDecoration:'underline', fontStyle:'normal' })} {tbBtn('S', fmtState.strikeThrough, () => execCmd('strikeThrough'), 'Strikethrough', { textDecoration:'line-through', fontStyle:'normal' })}
{/* Text color + highlight */}