Heldt v. Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd

Filing 495

PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 2. Signed by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on 8/30/18. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/30/2018)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CHRISTOPHER SLAIGHT, ET AL.,

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Plaintiffs,

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Re: Dkt. Nos. 486, 491
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES, LTD,
Defendant.

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PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 2

vs.

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CASE NO. 15-cv-01696-YGR

The Court has reviewed plaintiffs’ administrative motions regarding the exhibit

United States District Court
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identification deadline (Dkt. No. 486) and seeking an order requiring defendant to comply with the

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August 31 exhibit exchange deadline (Dkt. No. 491), as well as defendant’s response to the former

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(Dkt. No. 493). Additionally, on August 29, 2018, the Court held a telephone conference with

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parties to discuss plaintiffs’ pending administrative motions. As stated during that conference, and

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confirmed herein, having carefully considered the briefing and arguments submitted on these

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issues, the Court AMENDS Pretrial Order No. 1 (Dkt. No. 431) and ORDERS as follows:
Date in
Event
(Exchanges shall occur by 5 p.m. PST unless otherwise agreed by the parties.)
2018
Sept 4
Defendant submits to plaintiffs’ counsel and the Court, in the form of a USB thumb
drive, indices detailing the documents defendant has produced since the May 15,
2018 discovery deadline with the following categories of recently produced
documents: (1) immigration documents related to visa applications and supporting
materials; (2) document previously designated “non-responsive” by defendant’s
counsel; (3) documents previously designated as “privileged” by defendant’s
counsel; and (4) any balance of documents (“Recently Produced Documents”)
Aug 31 Exchange of preliminary exhibit lists1
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Exchange of electronic versions of exhibits included on list exchanged on August 31
Sept 28 Exchange of updated preliminary exhibit lists to the extent that parties wish to add
selections from the Recently Produced Documents2

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Failure to include documents produced prior to the May 15, 2018 discovery deadline will
result in exclusion of those documents unless the Court rules otherwise.
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The Court reserves its determination of whether defendant may update its exhibit list
until the document to be added is identified.

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Moreover, the Court clarifies that under the standing order parties should include in their

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exhibit lists any proposed exhibit that charts, diagrams, or otherwise summarizes substantive

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information such that the other party would need to verify the exhibit document’s accuracy.

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The Court SETS a telephone conference for Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

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Parties should be prepared to discuss their progress with respect to the deadlines articulated herein

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as well as in the Court’s Pretrial Order No. 1.3 (Dkt. No. 431.)

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This Order terminates Docket Numbers 486 and 491.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: August 30, 2018
YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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This order impacts only the deadline for the exchange of preliminary exhibit lists. All
other deadlines in Pretrial Order No. 1 remain in effect.
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