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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

PERSONAL GENOME DIAGNOSTICS, 

INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-mc-80131-SVK 

ORDER DENYING RESPONDENTS' 

REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF 

TIME

Re: Dkt. No. 28

The dispute before this Court arises out of litigation currently underway in Delaware. 

Movant Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc. (“PGDx”) seeks to compel the production of 

documents from Respondents Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. and Vern Norviel

(collectively, “Respondents”).1 The Court issued an order on December 3, 2019 setting forth a 

schedule in anticipation of the appointment of a special master to review certain disputed 

documents. Dkt. 25. The Court allowed the Parties until December 5, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. to 

request an adjustment to the schedule for good cause. Dkt. 25 at 3. On December 5, Respondents 

filed a request to extend the December 5 deadline to December 10 on the suggestion that the 

California Rules of Professional Conduct may require them to obtain client consent before turning 

over documents to a special master for review pursuant to an order of the Court. Dkt. 28 at 2. 

Respondents cite no authority, and the Court is aware of none, that supports their proffered reason 

for possibly needing an extension. Respondents’ citation to Wellpoint Health Networks, Inc. v. 

Superior Court, 59 Cal. App. 4th 110, 121 (1997), is not well-taken as that case is vastly different 

from the present situation. Respondents’ request is at best, premature and at worst, insupportable. 

 

1 Previous orders relating to PGDx’s motion to compel are located at Dkts. 14 and 25.

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Accordingly, having found no good cause for Respondents’ request, the extension is DENIED. 

In accordance with this Court’s December 3, 2019 Order, the Parties are to exchange their 

vetted special master candidates by December 6, 2019. If the Parties have a common candidate, 

that candidate must be submitted to the Court on or before December 9, 2019. If the Parties do 

not have a common candidate, each party may strike one of the other party’s candidates and the 

two remaining candidates must be submitted to the Court on December 9, 2019. The Court will 

then select the special master from the submitted candidate(s) and will prepare an order appointing 

the special master in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 53 and this Court’s December 3, 2019 Order.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 6, 2019

SUSAN VAN KEULEN

United States Magistrate Judge

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