James v. UMG Recordings, Inc.

Filing 109

DISCOVERY ORDER PERMITTING ADDITIONAL TIME TO MEET AND CONFER re 108 Letter filed by UMG Recordings, Inc.. Signed by Judge Maria-Elena James on 8/24/2012. (cdnS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/24/2012)

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James v. UMG Recordings, Inc., N.D. Cal. Case No. CV 11-1613 SI

Dear Magistrate Judge James:
Pursuant to the Court’s August 7, 2012 Order Re Discover Dispute (Docket No.
107) (“August 7 Order”), the parties submit this joint report to update Your Honor regarding the
status of their efforts to resolve their dispute regarding the request of defendant UMG
Recordings, Inc. (“UMGR”) to serve additional (i.e., in excess of 25) interrogatories on the
named plaintiffs.
Pursuant to the Court’s August 7 Order, the parties met and conferred on August
14, 2012 (in-person—with respect to UMGR’s counsel and one of Plaintiffs’ counsel—and
otherwise via videoconference) regarding this issue. At Plaintiffs’ request, the parties agreed to
hold a further meet and confer on this issue after the deadline for Plaintiffs to respond to
UMGR’s pending requests for admission (the requested additional interrogatories at issue are
keyed to the requests for admission), which is now August 29, 2012 following Plaintiffs’ request
for a one-week extension, which UMGR granted. The parties will therefore meet and confer the
following day, August 30, 2012 (in-person and/or via videoconference) regarding both UMGR's
request to serve additional interrogatories and, if necessary, Plaintiffs' responses to the requests
for admission, and intend to submit a stipulation, or if no agreement can be reached a revised
joint letter, regarding these issues thereafter, within approximately one week after the August 30,
2012 meet and confer.
The parties therefore request relief from the August 7 Order to permit their further
efforts to resolve this dispute as set forth above.
Sincerely,
/s/______________________

/s/______________________

JEFFREY D. GOLDMAN of
Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

ROGER N. HELLER of
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

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The Honorable Maria-Elena James
United States District Court
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450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

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