Adkins et al v. Apple Inc et al

Filing 120

ORDER re 118 Letter. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 01/20/2015. The parties will finish meeting and conferring and either file a Stipulated Protective Order or separate proposed protective orders by January 23, 2015. Defendants shall respond to the outstanding document requests on or before February 3, 2015 and shall produce the documents described on page 5 of the Joint Letter, as well as such other documents that they have identified and can reasonably produce by that date. Agreed upon depositions shall be completed by March 31, 2015. If the parties are unable to stipulate to the dates for these depositions by January 23, 2015,the Court will set the dates. The parties shall review the Guidelines for Professional Conduct for this Court on the Courts website. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/20/2015)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 FABRIENNE ENGLISH, et al., Case No. 14-cv-01619-WHO Plaintiffs, 8 v. ORDER REGARDING PENDING DISCOVERY 9 10 APPLE INC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 118 Defendants. United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 I conducted a conference call this afternoon with counsel for all parties. After considering 13 the Joint “Letter” Regarding Case Management and the argument of counsel, and with good cause 14 appearing, I ORDER that: 15 1. The parties will finish meeting and conferring and either file a Stipulated Protective 16 Order or separate proposed protective orders by January 23, 2015. In the event the 17 parties cannot agree, each should file a letter of no more than two pages explaining 18 why she cannot agree to the other side’s proposed order. 19 2. Defendants shall respond to the outstanding document requests on or before February 20 3, 2015 and shall produce the documents described on page 5 of the Joint “Letter,” as 21 well as such other documents that they have identified and can reasonably produce by 22 that date. They shall produce all documents over which there is no dispute as 23 expeditiously as is practical. If there is a dispute over any document response, the 24 parties shall file a joint letter by February 17, 2015, identifying the response and the 25 reasons for the dispute. 26 3. The defendants have agreed to produce witnesses for 30(b)(6) depositions as well as 27 employees Bunn, Pozderac, Morrison, Linthicum, and the employees who spoke Ms. 28 Lowthert. Plaintiffs have agreed to produce Ms. Galindo, Ms. English and Ms. 1 Lowthert. These depositions shall be completed by March 31, 2015. If the parties are 2 unable to stipulate to the dates for these depositions by January 23, 2015, I will set the 3 dates. Any subpoenaed or otherwise relevant requested documents shall be produced 4 in advance of the depositions. The parties shall either file a stipulation setting forth the 5 schedule or each party may file a two page letter setting forth any scheduling needs that 6 the other party refuses to meet and I will set the depositions myself. 7 4. The parties shall review the Guidelines for Professional Conduct for this Court on the 8 Court’s website. It is my expectation that each side will meet and confer in good faith 9 to resolve their discovery disputes. 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 20, 2015 ______________________________________ WILLIAM H. ORRICK United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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