In re Application of Josephine Ballon and Avital Grinberg

Filing 5

ORDER RE: #1 EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C 1782. Signed by Judge Lisa J. Cisneros on 1/27/2025. Signed by Judge Lisa J. Cisneros on 1/27/2025. Response Deadline and Consent/Declination due by 2/24/2025. (bns, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/27/2025)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 IN RE APPLICATION OF JOSEPHINE BALLON AND AVITAL GRINBERG 8 ORDER RE: EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C § 1782 9 10 Re: Dkt. No. 1 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No. 25-mc-80013-LJC 12 13 Petitioners Josephine Ballon and Avital Grinberg filed an application for an order pursuant 14 to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to obtain discovery from X. Corp. related to a lawsuit brought by Petitioners 15 against Twitter International Unlimited Company in Germany. ECF No. 1 at 3. 16 The Court cannot rule on Petitioners’ application without the consent of all parties. See 17 CPC Pat. Techs. Pty Ltd. v. Apple, Inc., 34 F.4th 801, 808 (9th Cir. 2022) (holding that section 18 1782 applications for discovery are dispositive within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)). 19 Accordingly, Petitioners shall serve their ex parte application and this Order on X. Corp. by 20 February 10, 2025, and file proof of service. X. Corp. shall file any response to the application no 21 later than February 24, 2025. By the same deadline, the parties shall file the consent or declination 22 form indicating whether they consent to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge in this matter. 23 The form is available at http://cand.uscourts.gov/civilforms. Any party is free to withhold consent 24 to proceed before a magistrate judge without adverse substantive consequences. 25 // 26 // 27 28 1 2 If the parties do not consent to proceed before a magistrate judge, the case will be randomly assigned to a District Judge of this Court. 3 4 5 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 27, 2025 6 7 LISA J. CISNEROS United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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