THX, Ltd. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 330

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu re 321 Discovery Letter Brief and 322 Discovery Letter Brief. (dmrlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/30/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SLOT SPEAKER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.

Case No. 13-cv-01161-HSG (DMR)
ORDER DENYING UNTIMELY JOINT
DISCOVERY LETTERS
Re: Dkt. Nos. 321, 322

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Defendant.
Fact discovery in this matter closed on May 1, 2017. See November 30, 2016 Order
[Docket No. 219]. The last day to file motions to compel was May 8, 2017. See Civ L.R. 37-3.

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Nevertheless, on May 15, 2017, the parties submitted two joint discovery letters: 1)

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Apple’s motion to compel Razor Agreement documents, and 2) Slot Speaker Technologies, Inc.’s

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motion to compel a further response to Interrogatory No. 17. [Docket Nos. 321, 322]. The parties

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offer absolutely no explanation for why their letters are untimely, or why good cause exists to

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consider them. They merely state that the parties’ agreement to mutually file untimely motions is

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reason enough for the court to allocate resources to adjudicate them. This is not good cause by

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any standard. Counsel are well aware of the case deadlines and the local rules, and have already

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sought the court’s intervention in nearly a dozen discovery disputes in this case. Had the parties

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Dated: May 30, 2017

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The court denies both joint discovery letters as untimely.

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to the court’s attention in advance of the May 8, 2017 deadline.

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felt that the instant disputes were critical, they could have, and indeed, should have brought them

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