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Nature of Suit Code: 195
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MONITA SHARMA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 13-cv-02274-MMC (KAW)

ORDER TERMINATING DISCOVERY 

LETTER BRIEFS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 110, 111, 113

The parties to the above-captioned case filed three joint discovery letter briefs on 

December 16 and 17. The joint letters, however, do not conform to the Court's General Standing 

Order, available at http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/kaworders. Specifically, the parties have each 

failed to propose a compromise in their filings, which is required. See Judge Westmore's General 

Standing Order ¶ 13(c) ("With respect to each issue relating to the unresolved dispute, a detailed 

summary of each party's final substantive position and their final proposed compromise on each 

issue, including relevant legal authority."). Plaintiffs reiterating their view that the requested 

discovery should be granted is not a proposed compromise; nor are Defendants' assertions that the 

requested discovery should be denied. 

Accordingly, the parties' joint letters are terminated, and the parties are ordered to further 

meet and confer to resolve their discovery disputes without further judicial intervention. If, 

however, the parties' meet and confer efforts are unsuccessful, each side shall at least arrive at a 

proposed compromise during the meet and confer process, which shall be included in any joint 

letter filed with the Court. 

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Additionally, the Court notes that fact discovery closed in this case on December 18, 2015, 

and the parties will have to seek leave from that deadline from the presiding judge if additional 

discovery is necessary.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 01/12/2016

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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