Hines v. California Public Utilities Commission et al

Filing 347

ORDER Re Discovery Dispute Re New Interrogatories and Document Requests. Signed by Magistrate Judge Edward M. Chen on 5/20/2010. (emcsec, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/20/2010)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 v. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. ___________________________________/ Previously, this Court set a fact discovery deadline of April 30, 2010. See Docket No. 321 (order, filed on 4/2/2010). On that date, Plaintiff propounded 18 new interrogatories and 7 new document requests.1 The Court deems this new discovery untimely. Under Civil Local Rule 26-2, "[d]iscovery requests that call for responses or depositions after the applicable discovery cut-off are not enforceable, except by order of the Court for good cause shown." Civ. L.R. 26-2. Plaintiff has made no showing of good cause. Plaintiff could easily have asked for the requested discovery well in advance of April 30. Moreover, the discovery sought by Plaintiff does not appear to be critical to her case. Indeed, the Court has already ordered Defendant to produce the critical discovery -- i.e., the information related to the successful candidates for the positions for which Plaintiff applied. /// /// /// 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DONNA HINES, Plaintiff, No. C-07-4145 CW (EMC) ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE NEW INTERROGATORIES AND DOCUMENT REQUESTS (Docket Nos. 344, 345) United States District Court 11 For the Northern District of California 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Some of these document requests are actually interrogatories since they ask Defendant to provide a description and not just to produce documents. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Accordingly, Plaintiff's request that the Court compel Defendant to respond to the discovery is hereby DENIED. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: May 20, 2010 _________________________ EDWARD M. CHEN United States Magistrate Judge United States District Court 11 For the Northern District of California 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 v. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, et al., Defendants. DONNA HINES, Plaintiff, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE No. C-07-4145 CW (EMC) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA United States District Court 11 For the Northern District of California 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ___________________________________/ I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. On the below date, I served a true and correct copy of the attached, by placing said copy/copies in a postage-paid envelope addressed to the person(s) listed below, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail; or by placing said copy/copies into an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Office of the Clerk. Donna Hines 268 Bush Street, #3204 San Francisco, CA 94104 415-205-3377 Dated: May 20, 2010 RICHARD W. WIEKING, CLERK By: /s/ Leni Doyle Leni Doyle Deputy Clerk

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