Brown v. Stroud et al

Filing 472

Order by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu re 471 Discovery Letter Brief.(dmrlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 10/10/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 STEVEN AMES BROWN, 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 Plaintiff, No. C 08-02348 JSW (DMR) ORDER RE OCTOBER 5, 2012 DISCOVERY LETTER v. 13 ANDREW B. STROUD, et al., 14 Defendants. ___________________________________/ 15 16 On June 30 and July 19, 2012, Plaintiffs/Counter-defendants Steven Ames Brown and the 17 Estate of Nina Simone (“the Estate”), along with Counter-defendant Sony Music Holdings, Inc. 18 (“Sony”), filed two discovery letter briefs against Defendant/Counter-claimant Andrew B. Stroud. 19 [Docket Nos. 442 and 449]. On July 30, 2012, the court denied both discovery motions without 20 prejudice until the parties clarified who would stand in Mr. Stroud’s stead in this litigation. The 21 court did not grant the parties permission to “renew” the joint discovery letters upon a successor to 22 Mr. Stroud being joined. [Docket No. 450.] 23 On October 4, 2012, Judge White granted the motion of Brown and the Estate to substitute 24 Scarlett Stroud for Andrew B. Stroud. [Docket No. 470.] On October 5, 2012, Brown, the Estate, 25 and Sony filed a letter purporting to renew the June 30 and July 19 discovery letter briefs and 26 requesting the court grant the renewed motions. [Docket No. 471.] The request is denied. The 27 parties are ordered to comply with the court’s Standing Order regarding discovery and to meet and 28 1 confer with Scarlett Stroud regarding the discovery disputes. If disagreements remain after meeting 2 and conferring, the parties may file a joint discovery letter. 3 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 6 Dated: October 10, 2012 7 DONNA M. RYU United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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