Fairstein v. Netflix, Inc. et al

Filing 101

ORDER: There will be a conference to address the means to achieve the five goals set forth in Rule 16(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. The Court intends to limit and constrain, among other things, the "comprehensive electronic and paper discovery," which the parties envision in their letter of September 20, 2021 in view of the proportionality and other considerations set forth in Rule 26(b)(1), Fed. R. Civ. P. In that regard, the circumstance that there were 95 depositions and approximately 200,000 pages of documents in the federal civil rights action should streamline discovery in this action, not prolong it as the letter to the Court suggests. Allowing free-wheeling discovery coupled with periodic pretrial conferences is no way to manage a case. The answer is achieving a common understanding at the outset and then holding the parties to limitations set by the Court. Conference set for October 13, 2021 at 2 p.m. in Courtroom 11D. SO ORDERED., ( Status Conference set for 10/13/2021 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 11D, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007 before Judge P. Kevin Castel.) (Signed by Judge P. Kevin Castel on 9/20/2021) (ama)

Case 1:20-cv-08042-PKC Document 101 Filed 09/20/21 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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LINDA FAIRSTEIN,
Plaintiff,
-against-

20-cv-8042 (PKC)
ORDER

NETFLIX INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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CASTEL, U.S.D.J.
There will be a conference to address the means to achieve the five goals set forth
in Rule 16(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. The Court intends to limit and constrain, among other things, the
“comprehensive electronic and paper discovery,” which the parties envision in their letter of
September 20, 2021 in view of the proportionality and other considerations set forth in Rule
26(b)(1), Fed. R. Civ. P. In that regard, the circumstance that there were 95 depositions and
approximately 200,000 pages of documents in the federal civil rights action should streamline
discovery in this action, not prolong it as the letter to the Court suggests.
Allowing free-wheeling discovery coupled with periodic pretrial conferences is
no way to manage a case. The answer is achieving a common understanding at the outset and
then holding the parties to limitations set by the Court.
Conference set for October 13, 2021 at 2 p.m. in Courtroom 11D.

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SO ORDERED.

Dated: New York, New York
September 20, 2021

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