Liang v. Master Wok, Inc. et al

Filing 140

ORDER Defendants shall make available for deposition Defendants Kai Zhang Yao, Ru Yan Yao, and "John" Yao, selecting dates therefor with Plaintiff's counsel this week. Plaintiff shall be deposed at Defendants' counsel's o ffice on December 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. The Court further directed the parties to meet and confer to coordinate the exchange of documents and scheduling of depositions. No further extensions to complete discovery will be granted beyond December 19, 2022. (And as further set forth herein.) SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Philip M. Halpern on 10/31/2022) (jca)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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JUN LIANG
Plaintiff,
v.
MASTER WOK, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER
20-CV-03904 (PMH)

PHILIP M. HALPERN, United States District Judge:
Counsel for all parties appeared today for a telephone conference. After hearing from the
parties, the Court ruled on the discovery disputes raised in the joint letter dated October 4, 2022
(Doc. 129) and Plaintiff’s letter dated October 31, 2022 (Doc. 137). The Court overruled Plaintiff’s
objections (including attorney-client privilege, GPS privacy, and the fact that Defendants have
copies of certain documents) to Defendants’ demands. The Court denied Plaintiff’s request for
separate responses to interrogatories from each individual Defendant.
For the reasons stated and as discussed on the record, the Court directed that Defendants
produce within one week: (1) a list of employees of Master Wok, Inc.; (2) the proper name and
domicile address of “John” Yao; (3) the full list of employee names and wages of Crystal Run
Express Inc. going back six years; (4) the articles of incorporation and list of shareholders and
officers of Crystal Run Express Inc.; and (5) all other documents Defendants previously agreed to
be produced (see Doc. 129).
The Court directed that Plaintiff produce: (1) all documents in his possession responsive to
Defendants’ document requests nos. 1-7, 16, and 19-21 within one week; (2) Plaintiff’s retainer
letter, with permission to redact privileged portions relating to litigation strategy; (3) conditional
certification notice material.

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Defendants shall make available for deposition Defendants Kai Zhang Yao, Ru Yan Yao,
and “John” Yao, selecting dates therefor with Plaintiff’s counsel this week. Plaintiff shall be
deposed at Defendants’ counsel’s office on December 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
The Court further directed the parties to meet and confer to coordinate the exchange of
documents and scheduling of depositions. No further extensions to complete discovery will be
granted beyond December 19, 2022.

SO ORDERED.
Dated: White Plains, New York
October 31, 2022

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Philip M. Halpern
United States District Judge

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