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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Fraud

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ORDER – No. 17-cv-02790-JST (LB)

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

San Francisco Division 

CRYSTAL KAO, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

ABBOTT LABORATORIES INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 17-cv-02790-JST (LB) 

DISCOVERY ORDER 

Re: ECF No. 67 

The district judge referred all discovery disputes in this case to the undersigned.1 The court can 

decide the issue without oral argument. N.D. Civ. L. R. 7-1(b). The court orders the following 

process. 

First, the plaintiffs said that they were going to produce discovery on a rolling basis this 

week.2

 That at least narrows the dispute. 

Second, if there are responsive documents that the plaintiffs withhold, they must provide a 

privilege log as required by the undersigned’s standing order (attached). 

Third, if disputes remain, the parties must follow the discovery procedures in the court’s 

standing order. The procedures in it require, among other things, that if a meet-and-confer by other 

 

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 Order of Reference – ECF No. 68. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); 

pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents. 

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 Joint Letter Br. – ECF No. 67 at 5–6. 

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means does not resolve the parties’ dispute, lead counsel for the parties must meet and confer in 

person (if counsel are local) and then submit a joint letter brief with information about any 

unresolved disputes. The letter brief must be filed under the Civil Events category of “Motions 

and Related Filings > Motions – General > Discovery Letter Brief.” After reviewing the joint 

letter brief, the court will evaluate whether future proceedings are necessary, including any further 

briefing or argument. 

Fourth, the court cannot tell whether the parties met and conferred for the dispute in this letter, 

assumes they did, and in any event orders this process going forward. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 13, 2019 

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LAUREL BEELER 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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