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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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For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO.,

Plaintiff,

v.

NBC GENERAL CONTRACTORS CORP.,

et al.,

Defendants.

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No. C-09-05363-SBA (DMR)

NOTICE OF REFERENCE FOR ALL

DISCOVERY MATTERS AND ORDER

RE DISCOVERY PROCEDURES

TO ALL PARTIES AND COUNSEL OF RECORD:

The above matter has been referred to Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu for all discovery

matters. This Court issued an Order re Plaintiff’s Motion for an Order Shortening Time for Hearing

on Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Production of Documents (“Motion to Compel”), and set the

parties’ briefing schedule and hearing date of May 27, 2010 on Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel. See

Docket No. 27. Accordingly, Plaintiff need not re-notice its Motion to Compel, which is

deemed submitted. For all further briefing on the Motion to Compel, the parties shall comply

with paragraphs 3, 6, 8, and 9 of this order, as well as all applicable Local Rules. For all future

discovery disputes, the parties shall comply with all the following procedures. 

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1. Parties shall comply with the procedures in this order, the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure, and the Northern District of California’s Local Rules, General Orders, and General

Standing Orders. Local rules, general orders, general standing orders, and a summary of the general

orders’ electronic filing requirements (including the procedures for emailing proposed orders to

chambers) are available at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov (click “Rules” link on left side). The

parties’ failure to comply with any of the rules or orders may be a ground for sanctions.

LAW AND MOTION PROCEDURES

2. Discovery motions are heard on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at

11:00 a.m. Parties should notice motions pursuant to the local rules. Parties need not reserve a

hearing date in advance, but should confirm the Court’s availability on the on-line calendar at

http://www.cand.uscourts.gov (click “Calendars” link on left side, click link to Judge Ryu’s

calendar, click link to “Scheduling Information and Unavailability”). Noticed hearing dates may be

reset as the Court’s calendar requires. For scheduling questions, please call Judge Ryu’s courtroom

deputy, Ivy Garcia, at (510) 637-3639.

3. All filings of documents relating to motions referred to Magistrate Judge Ryu shall

list the civil case number and the district court judge’s initials followed by the designation “(DMR).”

4. Discovery motions may be addressed to the Court in three ways: (1) a motion may be

noticed on not less than thirty five (35) days’ notice pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-2; (2) any party may

seek an order shortening time under Civil L.R. 6-3 if the circumstances justify that relief; and (3) in

emergencies during discovery events (such as depositions), any party may, after exhausting good

faith attempts to resolve disputed issues, seek judicial intervention pursuant to Civil L.R. 37-1(b) by

contacting the Court through the courtroom deputy. If the Court is unavailable, the discovery event

shall proceed with objections noted for the record.

5. In the event a discovery dispute arises, counsel for the party seeking discovery shall

in good faith confer with counsel for the party failing to make the discovery in an effort to resolve

the dispute without court action. The meet and confer session(s) must be in person or by telephone. 

Meet and confer sessions may not be conducted by e-mail or fax. A declaration briefly setting forth

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the meet and confer efforts, and the final positions of each party, shall be included in the moving

papers. Parties are strongly discouraged from including “meet and confer” letters as exhibits to

discovery motions. The Court will not consider discovery motions unless the moving party has

complied with Fed.R.Civ.P. 37, Civil L.R. 37-1(a), and this order.

6. Each party must be represented in person at discovery hearings.

7. Motions for sanctions shall be filed by separate motion in accordance with

Fed.R.Civ.P. 37 and Civil L.R. 37-3.

CHAMBERS COPIES AND PROPOSED ORDERS

8. Under Civil L.R. 5-1(b), parties must lodge an extra paper copy of any filing and

mark it as a copy for “Chambers.” Chambers copies shall be submitted to the Oakland Clerk’s

Office in an envelope clearly marked with the case number,“Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu,” and

“Chambers Copy.” In a case subject to electronic filing, chambers copies must be submitted by the

close of the next court day following the day the papers are filed electronically. Any proposed

stipulation or proposed order in a case subject to electronic filing shall be submitted by email to

dmrpo@cand.uscourts.gov as a word processing format attachment on the same day that the

document is e-filed. This address is to be used only for proposed orders unless otherwise directed by

the Court.

9. Parties may not file documents or portions of documents under seal without first

obtaining a written Court order. Parties seeking to file documents or portions of documents under

seal must fully comply with Civil L.R. 79-5. 

PRIVILEGE LOGS

10. If a party withholds information that is responsive to a discovery request by claiming

that it is privileged or otherwise protected from discovery, that party shall promptly prepare and

provide a privilege log that is sufficiently detailed and informative to justify the privilege. See

Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(5). The privilege log shall set forth the privilege relied upon and specify

separately for each document or for each category of similarly situated documents:

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a. The title and description of the document;

b. The subject matter addressed in the document;

c. The identity and position of its author(s);

d. The identity and position of all addressees and recipients;

e. The date the document was prepared and, if different, the date(s) on which it was sent

to or shared with persons other than its author(s); and

f. The specific basis for the claim that the document is privileged or protected.

Failure to furnish this information promptly may be deemed a waiver of the privilege or protection.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 7, 2010 

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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