Monster Energy Company v. Beastup LLC

Filing 36

ORDER AFTER HEARING signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 5/17/2018 GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART plaintiff's 30 Motion to Compel. (Zignago, K.)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY,

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No. 2:17-cv-1605-KJM-EFB

Plaintiff,

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v.

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BEASTUP, LLC,

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ORDER AFTER HEARING

Defendant.

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This case was before the court on May 16, 2018, for hearing on plaintiff’s motion to

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compel further responses to interrogatories and requests for production of documents. ECF No.

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30. Attorney Marko Zoretic appeared on behalf of plaintiff and attorney Eve Brown appeared on

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behalf of defendant.1
For the reasons stated on the record, plaintiff’s motion to compel is granted in part and

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denied in part as follows:

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1. The motion is denied as moot as to Interrogatory Number 1.

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2. The motion is granted as to Requests for Production of Documents Numbers 9 and 34.

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Defendant shall produce documents responsive to these requests by May 23, 2018.

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Ms. Brown appeared by telephone.
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3. The motion is granted as to plaintiff’s request to compel the production of all emails

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responsive to plaintiff’s Requests for Production of Documents. Defendant shall produce all

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responsive emails by May 23, 2018.2

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4. In regards to all remaining discovery requests at issue, the parties shall promptly meet
and confer, as detailed on the record.
So Ordered.
DATED: May 17, 2018.

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If plaintiff does not have any documents responsive to a particular request, it shall
supplement its response with a verification describing the search for the documents that was
conducted and signed under penalty of perjury by an individual that conducted the search.
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