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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOUGLAS OCONNOR, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC,

Defendant.

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No. C-13-03826 EMC (DMR)

ORDER ON JOINT DISCOVERY

LETTER [DOCKET NO. 198]

The court has reviewed the parties’ November 10, 2014 joint letter regarding their discovery

dispute. [Docket No. 198.] The court has determined that this matter is appropriate for adjudication

without oral argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b) and enters the following order. 

In its November 6, 2014 order (Docket No. 194), the court ordered the parties to meet and

confer regarding the selection of a random sample of 100 deactivated California Uber drivers. The

court ordered Uber to produce documents regarding those drivers’ deactivations, including

communications with the drivers and any internal communications about those deactivations. In the

current joint letter, the parties report that Uber deactivates many drivers for reasons related to

required paperwork; e.g., failing to update drivers’ licenses, completing background checks, and

getting cars inspected. However, deactivations based on such technicalities do not illuminate the

legal issue underlying the court’s discovery order, i.e., the question of Uber’s “right to control the

manner and means of accomplishing the result desired.” See Ayala v. Antelope Valley Newspapers,

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Inc., 59 Cal. 4th 522, 531 (2014) (citation omitted). Accordingly, in light of the burdens and

deadlines set in this case, the court amends its November 6, 2014 order as follows: according to the

parties’ agreed-upon methodology, Uber shall generate a randomly-selected list of 80 drivers who

were deactivated for non-paperwork related reasons (i.e. performance-related reasons). Random

means random. Neither Uber nor Plaintiffs may preview or otherwise take into account the

individual attributes of any driver deactivation file in creating the document production. All

documents regarding the deactivations of the 80 drivers shall be produced to Plaintiffs by no later

than November 24, 2014.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 13, 2014

 DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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