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 phone calls and letters are not necessarily sufficient in themselves to establish minimum contacts.” Far West Capital, Inc., 46 F. 3d at 1077; cf. Harnischfeger Eng’rs, Inc., 883 F. Supp. at 615 (noting that “numerous,” perhaps “hundreds,” of phone calls and letters contributed to finding of minimum contacts).

Finally, we cannot conclude that SCB’s maintenance of a passive website, merely providing information to interested viewers, constitutes the kind of purposeful availment of the benefits of doing business in Utah, such that SCB could expect to be haled into court in that state. We therefore affirm the district court’s dismissal of all claims against SCB for lack of personal jurisdiction.


 * III. Discovery Order

When the magistrate judge to whom discovery issues had been referred granted Soma’s motion to engage in limited discovery concerning jurisdictional issues, Soma propounded a request for production of documents, to which SCB filed a response containing general objections and exceptions. Soma then filed a motion to compel discovery, which the magistrate judge denied. Soma appeals that denial.