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Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc.

United States District Court, Northern District of California
Aug 11, 2021
20-cv-04808-WHA (AGT) (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2021)

Opinion

20-cv-04808-WHA (AGT)

08-11-2021

QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC., Plaintiff, v. RUIFENG BIZTECH INC., et al., Defendants.


DISCOVERY ORDER

Re: Dkt. Nos. 135, 138

ALEX G. TSE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Defendants' motion to compel Quintara to do the following-to image and review Quintara principal Xueling Zhao's files, to produce any documents found in those files that are responsive to defendants' document requests, and to reopen Zhao's deposition based on any additional documents that are produced by Zhao (see Dkt. 135 at 3)-is denied. Quintara's counsel has told the Court that Zhao “treated document requests to Quintara as to herself, ” that she “diligently searched for and produced thousands of pages of documents, ” and that “there [are] simply no more documents] to produce.” Id. at 4. Defendants haven't offered a compelling reason to doubt the veracity of these statements. Because Zhao has produced all the responsive documents she has, defendants' requested relief is unnecessary.

Defendants' request for sanctions, based on Quintara's purported failure to preserve ESI (see Dkt. 138 at 3), is denied. Today Judge Alsup denied a similar request for sanctions, again based on Quintara's purported failure to preserve ESI. See Dkt. 199. The undersigned doesn't see good reason to deviate from Judge Alsup's order, and so similarly denies defendants' sanctions request.

IT IS SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc.

United States District Court, Northern District of California
Aug 11, 2021
20-cv-04808-WHA (AGT) (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2021)
Case details for

Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc.

Case Details

Full title:QUINTARA BIOSCIENCES, INC., Plaintiff, v. RUIFENG BIZTECH INC., et al.…

Court:United States District Court, Northern District of California

Date published: Aug 11, 2021

Citations

20-cv-04808-WHA (AGT) (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2021)