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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LOGTALE, LTD.,

Plaintiff(s),

v.

IKOR, INC. ET AL,

Defendant(s).

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No. C-11-05452 EDL (DMR)

ORDER TO FILE DECLARATION BY

STEVE KOHLES

The court has reviewed Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions for spoliation of evidence and

Defendants’ opposition thereto, which is set for hearing on May 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. before the

undersigned. In its motion, Plaintiff argues in part that an April 30, 2013 email from Steve Kohles,

in which he states “I had deleted any emails prior to 2010 and basically only kept emails relating to

financial statements since then” is evidence of spoliation. (See Knier Decl., March 28, 2014 Ex. D.) 

In response, Defendants submitted a declaration by Kohles in which he elaborates on the statement

in his April 2013 email and explains his “culling process” for emails. (Kohles Decl., April 10, 2014

¶¶ 10-11.) However, Kohles does not set forth information about the time period during which he

deleted emails according to this process. He also does not state indicate whether he stopped his

practice of deleting emails, and if so, when. Additionally, he does not indicate whether he was ever

instructed by anyone to preserve documents relevant to this litigation, and if so, who instructed him,

when he was instructed, and what steps, if any, he took to preserve documents. 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Therefore, by no later than 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Defendants shall file

a sworn, detailed declaration by Kohles setting forth the above information. In addition, Kohles

shall indicate whether he or anyone else has ever made an attempt to recover deleted emails from his

account and set forth specific details about any such efforts, such as when the attempt(s) was made,

what the attempt(s) entailed, and the outcome of the attempt(s).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2014

 DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Donna M. Ryu

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