Federal Solutions Group, Inc. a California corporation v. H2L1-CSC, JV

Filing 52

ORDER by Judge Kandis A. Westmore denying Plaintiff's 48 Motion for Sanctions. (kawlc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/15/2019)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FEDERAL SOLUTIONS GROUP,
Plaintiff,

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v.

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S
MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
Re: Dkt. No. 48

H2L1-CSC, JV,
Defendant.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 4:17-cv-05433-KAW

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On May 1, 2019, Plaintiff Federal Solutions Group, Inc. filed a motion for sanctions based

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on a purported discovery dispute that has not been brought to the Court for resolution via the joint

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letter process outlined in the undersigned’s standing order. (See Judge Westmore’s General

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Standing Order ¶¶ 12-13.) In fact, the standing order explicitly prohibits filing a motion for

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sanctions prior to complying with the joint letter procedure. (Judge Westmore’s General Standing

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Order ¶ 18.)

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Accordingly, the motion for sanctions is DENIED without prejudice, and the parties are

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ordered to meet and confer regarding the production of metadata. The parties are directed to the

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Court’s standing order, which provides that, “[t]o the maximum extent feasible, all party files and

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records should be retained and produced in their original form and sequence,” and to the district’s

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Guidelines for the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information and the ESI Checklist, which

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instructs the parties to meet and confer regarding the extent to which metadata should be

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produced. (See Judge Westmore’s General Standing Order ¶ 15.)

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 15, 2019
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KANDIS A. WESTMORE
United States Magistrate Judge