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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

GRATEFUL DEAD PRODUCTIONS, et

al., 

Plaintiffs,

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WILLIAM E. SAGAN, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: C 06-7727 (JW) PVT

INTERIM ORDER RE PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO COMPEL

On May 22, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a motion to compel. Defendants opposed the motion. 1

Having reviewed the papers submitted by the parties, the court finds it appropriate to issue this

interim order. Based on the moving, opposition and reply papers submitted,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED without prejudice as to the

interrogatories. No later than July 17, 2007, the parties shall meet and confer regarding the manner

of calculating the number of interrogatories and a reasonable number of interrogatories. No later

than July 19, 2007, the parties shall file either a joint statement of an agreed upon proposed manner

for calculating the number of interrogatories and the agreed number of interrogatories (including a

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statement of how the interrogatories already served should be counted), or, to the extent the parties

cannot agree, their respective proposals. This is a complex lawsuit with numerous parties, numerous

claims and counterclaims, and numerous items of intellectual property in dispute. Thus, a far greater

number of interrogatories are warranted than is usually the case. While the court expects the parties

to be efficient with their interrogatories, the court also intends to ensure that the parties are able to

obtain the information they reasonably need to litigate this case.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order is without prejudice to Plaintiff filing a new

motion to compel as to the interrogatories for which Defendants supplemented their answers after

this motion was filed. Prior to filing any such new motion to compel, Plaintiff’s counsel shall meet

and confer with Defense counsel regarding any alleged deficiencies in Defendants’ supplemental

answers.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the hearing will go forward on July 10, 2007 only with

regard to the 17 document requests in dispute.

Dated: 6/28/07

 

PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL

United States Magistrate Judge

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