Nextdoor.com, Inc. v. Abhyanker

Filing 259

ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTE. Signed by Judge Nathanael M. Cousins on July 8, 2014. (nclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/8/2014)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 12 NEXTDOOR.COM, INC., Plaintiff, 13 14 v. Case No. 12-cv-05667 EMC (NC) ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTE Re: Dkt. No. 256 15 RAJ ABHYANKER, 16 Defendant. 17 18 The Court recently ordered defendant Raj Abhyanker to produce additional electronic 19 discovery related to plaintiff’s trademark and cyberpiracy claims. Dkt. No. 250. The 20 parties now update the Court on their discovery protocol and request that the Court rule on 21 their remaining disagreements. Dkt. No. 256. 22 The Court rules as follows: (1) defendant must state in a sworn declaration whether he 23 had access to the password and Google Drive for Fatdoor.com at any time from June 8, 24 2014 through the present; (2) defendant is ordered to produce his tax returns from 2006 25 through 2009, subject to the parties’ protective order. Defendant may redact information in 26 the tax returns unrelated to whether he took any tax deductions or losses related to 27 LegalForce; (3) the parties must exchange privilege logs by July 18, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. 28 Defendant’s privilege log may categorically exclude communications between Mr. Case No. 12-cv-05667 EMC (NC) ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTE 1 Abhaynker and his counsel of record occurring after the initiation of this lawsuit. The 2 parties should meet and confer regarding what other categorical exclusions or strategies 3 may be acceptable to reduce the burden of creating a privilege log given the tight deadlines. All other requests in docket entry 256 are denied. The parties must continue to meet 4 5 and confer regarding the finite details of the process of the production. Any party may object to this order to Judge Chen within 14 days. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 7 72(a). 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. Date: July 8, 2014 11 _________________________ Nathanael M. Cousins United States Magistrate Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 12-cv-05667 EMC (NC) ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY DISPUTE 2

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