Opinion
20-cv-03664-LHK (SVK) 20-cv-05146-LHK (SVK)
07-30-2021
CHASOM BROWN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE LLC, Defendant. PATRICK CALHOUN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE LLC, Defendant.
ORDER RE GOOGLE'S REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY DISCOVERY HEARING
SUSAN VAN KEULEN, United States Magistrate Judge.
The Court received a request from Google, via email, for an emergency discovery hearing. First, the Court is engaged in criminal duty this month and unavailable for emergency discovery hearings. Second, while requests for emergency hearings may be emailed to the courtroom deputy for expediency, they must simultaneously be filed on ECF to ensure notice to the Court and to all parties. No. response to Google's pending request is necessary. In the future, any response to an emergency request must also be filed on ECF. The parties are not to argue discovery issues via email to the courtroom deputy.
On Monday August 2, 2021, the Court will accept only the “summary chart” that conforms with Calhoun Dkt. 220/Brown Dkt. 191. Additionally, in each case each side must identify two disputes as “priority, ” which the Court will take up first. Should either party believe that additional briefing is essential in advance of the August 12 hearing, it may seek relief from this Court's previous orders regarding submission of discovery disputes.
SO ORDERED.