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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRAIG FRAZIER DESIGN, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

 THE ZIMMERMAN AGENCY, LLC ET

AL,

Defendants.

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No. C-10-01094-SBA (DMR)

NOTICE OF REFERENCE 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

purposes. 

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.

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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 letter, e-mail or fax. A declaration briefly setting

forth 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. The Court has found that it is often efficient and beneficial for the parties if counsel 

appear in person at discovery hearings. This gives the Court the opportunity, where appropriate, to

engage counsel in resolving aspects of the discovery dispute, while remaining available to rule on

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any disputes that counsel are not able to resolve. For this reason, the Court expects counsel to

appear in person, unless they make a prior application showing good cause as to why the Court

should permit a telephonic appearance. Permission for a party to attend by telephone may be

granted, in the Court's discretion, upon written request made at least two weeks in advance of the

hearing, if the Court determines that good cause exists to excuse personal attendance, and that

personal attendance is not needed in order to have an effective discovery hearing. The facts

establishing good cause must be set forth in the request.

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 printed on three-hole punch paper

(including all exhibits) and 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

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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:

a. The title and description of the document, including number of pages or Batesnumber range;

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: August 2, 2010 

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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