Opinion
20-cv-05146-LHK (SVK)
08-12-2021
PATRICK CALHOUN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOOGLE LLC, Defendant.
ORDER ON AUGUST 2, 2020 JOINT DISCOVERY SUBMISSION Re: Dkt. No. 253
SUSAN VAN KEULEN UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Exhibit A sets forth the Court's rulings on the Parties' August 2, 2021 joint submission regarding discovery disputes (Dkt. 253). In addition, the Court ORDERS as follows:
1. The Parties are to promptly submit a proposed stipulation to Judge Koh for an extension of the fact discovery cutoff to January 21, 2022 and making other schedule adjustments as necessary.
2. Dispute 1.13 (concerning clean room access) is REFERRED to the Special Master.
3. On the ESI dispute (see Dkt. 251), the Parties are ordered to meet and confer immediately. By August 16, 2021, the Parties must either (1) submit a list of the remaining search terms in dispute, or (2) notify the Court if the dispute is resolved. As guidance for the Parties' meet and confer, the Court advises that: (1) Google should provide de-duplicated hit counts if feasible; (2) the Court is not amenable to an arbitrary cap on the number of search terms; and (3) the Parties' negotiations should take into account the October 6, 2021 deadline to complete document productions.
4. By August 13, 2021, each side in each case may select up to three of the remaining disputes in the August 2 submission (ECF 253) for the Court to address in due course
5. The Court has reserved September 30, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. for a further discovery conference on disputed issues that are ripe for adjudication. By noon on September 24, 2021, the parties are to file a joint statement in which each side may identify two issues for resolution at the September 30 conference. Issues are to be set forth in the customary, SUMMARY, chart format
SO ORDERED.