Vertical Tank, Inc. v. BakerCorp

Filing 47

ORDER AFTER SECOND INFORMAL TELECONFERENCE re Discovery Dispute, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 6/19/2019. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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VERTICAL TANK, INC.,

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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BAKERCORP,

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Case No.: 1:18-cv-00145 LJO LJT
ORDER AFTER SECOND INFORMAL
TELECONFERENCE RE DISCOVERY
DISPUTE; ORDER SETTING FURTHER
CONFERENCE
(Doc. 46)

Defendant.

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The Court held a further informal teleconference with counsel to attempt to resolve disputes

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over production requests propounded by the plaintiff. (Doc. 44) Though there was significant

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progress made, there is still more work to do. The Court ORDERS:

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Plaintiff’s counsel SHALL contact its copy service to urge them toward determining

when MJK will produce the subpoenaed documents;
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No later than today, counsel SHALL meet and confer to determine the appropriate

search terms for the legacy documents;
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No later than today, if defense counsel deems it necessary, they SHALL forward to

plaintiff’s counsel a proposed clawback agreement;
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No later than June 26, 2019, defense counsel SHALL confirm to plaintiff’s counsel

whether the spreadsheets previously produced detail the “accessory items”;
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No later than June 26, 2019, defense counsel SHALL produce to plaintiff’s counsel
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the invoices (aka the rental returns);
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No later than June 26, 2019, counsel SHALL file a joint report detailing the status of

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these activities and, if they have not occurred, why they have not. The report SHALL also include

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from each side’s perspective, the extent to which the dispute continues to exist, the issues yet to

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resolve and whether a further telephonic conference is needed. If either party desires a further

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conference, counsel SHALL propose dates that are jointly available.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

June 19, 2019

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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