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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:15 Antitrust Litigation

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN FENERJIAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NONG SHIM COMPANY, LTD, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 13-cv-04115-WHO (DMR)

ORDER RE DISCOVERY LETTER

Re: Dkt. No. 289

On January 29, 2016, Plaintiffs and Defendants Nongshim Co., Ltd. and Nongshim 

America, Inc. (collectively, “Nongshim”) filed a discovery letter regarding the deadline for 

Nongshim to complete its production of custodial electronically stored information (“ESI”). 

[Docket No. 289]. The court finds that the matter is appropriate for resolution without oral 

argument pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). 

For the following reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion to compel Nongshim to complete its ESI 

custodial production is granted in part. 

On December 16, 2014, the Hon. William H. Orrick set January 31, 2016 as the deadline 

for completion of non-expert discovery. Docket No. 127. On December 14, 2015, Plaintiffs filed 

a motion requesting that the court extend the case deadlines by nine months. Docket No. 252. 

Defendants (including Nongshim) opposed Plaintiffs’ request, representing to the court that they

were producing custodial documents on a rolling basis, with the “entire production expected to be 

completed by the end of January 2016.” Defendants instead proposed a two month extension. 

Defs.’ Opp. to Mot. to Extend Deadlines [Docket No. 264] at 13. The court extended the case 

management schedule by roughly three months, and ordered April 29, 2016 as the last day for 

non-expert discovery. Id. 

On January 26, 2016, Nongshim informed Plaintiffs that it would not complete its 

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production by January 31, 2016, but anticipated that it would substantially complete its custodial 

production by February 12, 2016. Plaintiffs now move the court to order Nongshim to complete 

all electronic document production, with metadata, by January 31, 2016 on the basis that 

Nongshim represented to the court that it would do so. Nongshim argues that it provided January 

31, 2016 as a target date, rather than an agreed-upon deadline. 

It is true that Nongshim did not promise that it would complete all discovery production by 

January 31, 2016. However, in arguing for a shorter continuance for case deadlines, Nongshim 

represented to the court that it had “started producing custodial documents on a rolling basis, with 

the entire production expected to be completed by the end of January 2016.” Opp. to Mot. to 

Extend Deadlines at 13; see also Goodwin Decl. [Docket No. 265] at ¶ 11(“the Nongshim 

Defendants anticipate completing production of custodial documents by the end of January

2016”). Nongshim has changed that representation and now states that it is diligently working to 

review its custodial documents for substantial completion of production by February 12, 2016. 

Judge Orrick was entitled to rely on counsel’s representations in making adjustments to the 

case schedule. Had Nongshim provided a more accurate estimate, it is possible that Judge Orrick 

would have ordered a longer continuance. In light of Nongshim’s representation to the court, as 

well as the short period of time remaining before the close of discovery, Nongshim is hereby 

ordered to complete its ESI custodial production by February 8, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 1, 2016

______________________________________

Donna M. Ryu

United States Magistrate Judge

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