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Parties Involved:
Rite Aid Corporation
Defendant
Todd Sawyer
Plaintiff

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD SAWYER,

Plaintiff,

 v.

RITE AID CORPORATION,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-05109 WHA

ORDER DENYING REQUEST

FOR FURTHER CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Defendant Rite Aid Corporation has filed an administrative motion requesting a further

case management conference to seek clarification on the deadline for initial disclosures. The

case management order states: “All initial disclosures under FRCP 26 must be completed by

MAY 25, 2016, on pain of preclusion under FRCP 37(c), including full and faithful compliance

with FRCP 26(a)(1)(A)(iii).” 

According to Rite Aid’s administrative motion, the parties disagree about the following:

The parties seek clarification on whether the Court’s order means

that: (1) all first-round initial disclosures in the cases must be

completed by May 25, 2016, but that the parties may continue to

supplement the disclosures as discovery proceeds (plaintiff’s

interpretation of the Court’s order), or (2) any and all disclosures

must be made by this deadline, and the parties may not

supplement the disclosures after this deadline (Rite Aid’s

interpretation of the Court’s order).

FRCP 26(a)(1) does not differentiate between “first-round” initial disclosures and later-round

initial disclosures. Rather it describes all initial disclosures that “a party must, without awaiting

a discovery request, provide to the parties.” The case management order set May 25 as the 

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United States District Court

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deadline for “[a]ll initial disclosures.” FRCP 26(e) describes the process for supplementing

initial disclosures and supplements must genuinely qualify as supplements. Rite Aid’s motion

requesting a further case management conference for the Court to explain how FRCP 26 works

is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 20, 2016. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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