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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Injunctive &amp; Declaratory Relief

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JOHN BARKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

INSIGHT GLOBAL, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.5:16-cv-07186-BLF (HRL)

ORDER RE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION 

FOR CLARIFICATION

Re: Dkt. No. 91

This court recently issued its order deciding Discovery Dispute Joint Report #2. The court 

now addresses defendant’s so-styled Motion for Clarification of that order. Plaintiff opposes the 

motion on both procedural and substantive grounds. The court doubts that the order needs 

clarifying. However, to move things along:

1. The court intended to deny any production of telephone logs.

2. The order in question required production of text messages that “constitute, state, 

discuss, mention, allude to, or reference” certain specified activities with respect to 

employment at Beacon Hill or defendant. Guided by what seems to be nothing more 

than wishful thinking, the defendant urges an interpretation that is NOT limited to text 

messages that are cabined by the definition. As far as the court is concerned, the order 

means what it says, and defendant’s proposed “clarification” would be a dramatic 

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departure from what the court intended.

3. The court intended to deny reopening any depositions.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 2, 2017

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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