CERF SPV I, LLC et al v. Cherokee Investment Partners III, LP

Filing 10

ORDER requiring parties to meet and confer re: pending discovery dispute. Signed by Magistrate Judge Nandor J. Vadas on 11/30/2011. (njvlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/30/2011)

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NOT FOR CITATION

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EUREKA DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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No. CV 11-80272 MISC RS (NJV)

CERF SPV I, LLC,
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ORDER REQUIRING IN PERSON MEET
AND CONFER RE: PENDING
DISCOVERY DISPUTE

Plaintiff,
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v.
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(Docket No. 1)

CHEROKEE INVESTMENT
PARTNERS III, L.P., et al.,
Defendants.

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The district court has referred all discovery matters in this case to the undersigned, including

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the motion to quash subpoenas filed by non-parties Zeneca, Inc. (“Zeneca”) and Cherokee Simeon

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Venture I, LLC (“CSV”). See Doc. Nos. 1, 5. The Court has reviewed the briefs and orders counsel

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for plaintiff CERF SPV I, LLC (“CERF”), Zeneca, and CSV to engage in an in-person meet and

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confer on or before December 8, 2011 regarding the pending discovery dispute. See Standing Order,

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¶ 12. Counsel for CERF shall travel from Sacramento to San Francisco to participate in this meet

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and confer unless the participants agree otherwise. Counsel shall engage in a meaningful meet and

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confer regarding outstanding discovery requests and the pending discovery dispute, including but

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not limited to the non-parties’ assertions of burden and privilege, the scope of any electronic

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discovery (search terms, cost-shifting, time-line, etc.), efforts to identify documents that can be or

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already have been obtained from other sources, etc.

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Within three court days of completing the in-person meet and confer, counsel shall file a

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single joint letter to the Court informing the Court of the status of the in-person meet and confer. If

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the participants are unable to resolve their discovery disputes after the in-person meet and confer,

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the single joint letter to the Court should succinctly set forth their positions on each disputed issue.

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The joint letter shall not exceed five pages in length.

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In order to accommodate these further efforts to meet and confer, the hearing scheduled for

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December 16, 2011 is continued until December 20, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 17, 450 Golden

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Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California.

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Counsel for CERF, Zeneca and CSV are ordered to review and follow this Court’s Standing
Order, which is available on the Northern District’s website.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: November 30, 2011
NANDOR J. VADAS
United States Magistrate Judge

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