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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 18:1836(b) - Civil Action to Protect Trade Secrets

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ACS (US), INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

AMY CAVANAGH, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 19-cv-08141-VC 

ORDER RE PENDING MOTIONS, 

DISCOVERY, AND PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION HEARING

A telephonic case management conference took place on February 4, 2020.

• The preliminary injunction hearing scheduled for February 6 is continued to Monday, March 

9, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. There is a possibility that the hearing will be advanced to Wednesday, 

February 26 if a currently scheduled trial does not take place. The parties will be permitted to 

present exhibits and live witness testimony at the hearing, and should consult Judge 

Chhabria’s Standing Order for Civil Trials for instructions on submitting exhibits in advance 

of the hearing. Exhibits are due to Courtroom Deputy Kristen Melen by March 4.

• The Court identified during the case management conference certain legal issues that the

parties’ briefs do not adequately address. The parties may file supplemental briefs of no more 

than five pages addressing these issues. These briefs are due one week prior to the 

preliminary injunction hearing.

• With regard to the discovery dispute reflected in the joint letter at Docket No. 30, the Court is 

tentatively of the view that ACS is entitled to recover its expenses associated with that 

dispute. ACS may file a document accounting its relevant expenses within seven days of this 

order. The defendants may file a response within seven days of ACS’s filing, and the Court 

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will then issue its final ruling.

• The deposition of Sunshine Norman may take place by no later than February 14. The 

deposition of other proposed witnesses for the preliminary injunction hearing must be 

completed by February 21. All depositions may be no longer than four hours. Ms. Norman is 

required to attend her deposition, but is not required to attend the preliminary injunction 

hearing.

• ACS must submit renewed, narrowly tailored document requests to the defendants by 

February 5. The defendants must respond by February 12. The parties are ordered to meet 

and confer by February 6 regarding any disputes related to discovery requests, and must 

submit any unresolved disputes to the Court by February 7.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 4, 2020

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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