Opinion
20-cv-05151-JD
07-26-2021
NATURAL GROCERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SONNY PERDUE, et al., Defendants.
ORDER RE PRIVILEGE LOG
RE: DKT. NO. 47
JAMES DONATO UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
With respect to the parties' privilege log disagreement, the government recognizes that “it is the prevailing practice in the Northern District of California to require the production of a privilege log with the administrative record.” Dkt. No. 47 at 4-5. That is the Court's practice. See Emami v. Pars Equality Center, No. 18-cv-1587-JD, Dkt. No. 117 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 12, 2019). The existence vel non of a valid privilege shielding discovery goes directly to the hallowed principle that “wide access to relevant facts serves the integrity and fairness of the judicial process by promoting the search for the truth.” Shoen v. Shoen, 5 F.3d 1289, 1292 (9th Cir. 1993). Consequently, the government is directed to produce by August 13, 2021, a privilege log in conformance with the Court's Standing Order for Discovery in Civil Cases.
IT IS SO ORDERED.