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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Age)

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Case No. 12-cv-00391 NC

ORDER FOR FURTHER BRIEFING

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

JEMAR THOMPSON, and others,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

C&H SUGAR CO., and others,

 Defendants.

Case No. 12-cv-00391 NC

ORDER FOR FURTHER BRIEFING

Re: Dkt. No. 87

On December 31, 2013, the parties in this employment action submitted a joint 

discovery letter brief outlining a dispute regarding plaintiffs’ request for production of 

documents related to internal investigations of Cliff Sullivan. Dkt. No. 87. Defendants 

claim that the only documents that have not been produced from the requested category are 

privileged. Id. Although the brief discusses the attorney-client privilege and privacy 

privilege, the parties do not discuss the attorney work-product doctrine. 

The Court therefore orders the parties to submit a supplemental joint letter brief that: 

1) identifies which documents defendants claim are protected by attorney-client privilege,

and the basis for that claim; 2) which documents defendants claim are protected by the 

attorney work-product doctrine, and the basis for that claim; and 3) whether plaintiffs have 

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substantial need for those documents withheld on the basis of work-product and cannot 

obtain them by other means. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(3)(A)(ii); Hickman v. Taylor, 329 

U.S. 495, 508-509 (1947). The brief must not exceed seven pages and the parties must 

submit the brief within seven days of this order. 

In addition, the Court orders defendants to submit the declaration of David Arm in 

support of the supplemental brief. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: January 3, 2014

_________________________

Nathanael M. Cousins

United States Magistrate Judge

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