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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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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

MICHAEL E. DAVIS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ELECTRONIC ARTS INC,

Defendant.

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No. C-10-03328 RS (DMR)

ORDER ON NOVEMBER 4, 2011 JOINT

DISCOVERY LETTER

Before the court is the November 4, 2011 joint letter submitted by Plaintiffs Michael E.

Davis, et al. and Defendant Electronic Arts, Inc. (“EA”) setting forth the parties’ discovery dispute. 

[Docket No. 88.] The court conducted a hearing on November 16, 2011. Following the hearing, the

parties participated in a court-ordered meet and confer session in the courthouse. This Order

summarizes the rulings made by the court on the record during the November 16, 2011 hearing and

the parties’ agreements that were placed on the record following their meet and confer session.

I. Requests for the Production of Documents

Defendant is ordered to search the following additional document collections for documents

responsive to Request for the Production of Documents (“RFPs”) Nos. 33, 34, and 82 and to produce

such documents to Plaintiff. Defendant’s search shall be consistent with the parties’ agreement that

was placed on the record following the parties’ meet and confer session.

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1. Defendant is ordered to search its design databases for each year’s games for the

years 2001 through 2009. 

2. Defendant is ordered to search the current version of its website, including chat

rooms and blogs, for postings by game designers that are responsive to the RFPs. 

3. Defendant is ordered to search marketing materials in its possession, custody, and/or

control for responsive documents, including documents containing descriptions

and/or discussions of individual player characters and/or possible modifications of

individual player characters. 

4. Defendant is ordered to search the records of custodians Joel Linzner and Steven

Chiang for responsive documents. 

II. Requests for Admissions

Defendant is ordered to amend its responses to each of Plaintiffs’ Requests for Admissions

(“RFAs”) to remove the qualification that Defendant’s responses are being made solely for the

purposes of its anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike and Motion to Dismiss.

Defendant is ordered to amend its response to RFA No. 11. Defendant shall set forth a fair,

common sense definition of the term “based upon” in its response and provide a response to the

RFA using that definition.

III. Interrogatory No. 8

Defendant is ordered to amend its response to Interrogatory No. 8. Defendant shall provide a

detailed response to the interrogatory which addresses the 2001-2009 versions of the game.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 16, 2011

 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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