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MILES EHRLICH (Bar No. 237954)

miles@ramsey-ehrlich.com

ISMAIL RAMSEY (Bar No. 189820)

izzy@ramsey-ehrlich.com

AMY CRAIG (Bar No. 269339)

amy@ramsey-ehrlich.com

RAMSEY & EHRLICH LLP

803 Hearst Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94710

(510) 548-3600 (Tel)

(510) 291-3060 (Fax)

Attorneys for Non-Party Anthony Levandowski

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

WAYMO LLC,

Plaintiff,

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UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No.: C 17-00939 WHA

NON-PARTY ANTHONY 

LEVANDOWSKI’S NOTICE OF 

MOTION AND MOTION FOR 

INTERVENTION UNDER RULE 24(b); 

MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND 

AUTHORITIES; [PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: to be set by the Court

Time: to be set by the Court

Courtroom: The Honorable William H. 

Alsup, Courtroom 8, 19th Floor

NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION

TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at a date and time selected by this Court, in the courtroom 

of the Honorable William h. Alsup, San Francisco Courthouse, Courtroom 8, 19th Floor, 450 

Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, non-party Anthony Levandowski will and 

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hereby does bring a motion for permissive intervention under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

24(b) in the above-entitled matter. 

This motion is based on this notice of motion and motion, the below memorandum of 

points and authorities, the pleadings, files and records in this case, as well as other written or oral 

argument which may be presented at the hearing.

Date: April 5, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/

Miles Ehrlich

Ismail Ramsey

Amy Craig

Ramsey & Ehrlich

Counsel for Non-Party Anthony 

Levandowski 

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MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES

After the status conference of March 29, 2017, this Court ordered that counsel for nonparty Anthony Levandowski submit any motion under the Fifth Amendment to suspend the 

production or privilege log requirement by April 4, 2017, at noon. Docket No. 132. In 

compliance, Mr. Levendowski has filed a motion for an order modifying the Court’s March 16, 

2017 Order. See Docket No. 147. 

By the present motion, Mr. Levandowski, a non-party, requests that this Court grant him 

permissive intervention under Rule 24(b) to fully litigate that motion. Under Rule 24(b), the 

district court has the discretion to grant permissive intervention where the intervenor’s “claim . . . 

and the main action have a question of law or fact in common.” Kootenai Tribe of Idaho v. 

Veneman, 313 F.3d 1094, 1108 (9th Cir. 2002). The rule is liberal – “If there is a common 

question of law or fact, the requirement of the rule has been satisfied and it is then discretionary 

with the court whether to allow intervention.” Id. at 1109, quoting 7C Wright, Miller & Kane, 

Federal Practice and Procedure § 1911, 357-63 (2d ed. 1986). And courts will grant permissive 

intervention where a non-party seeks to modify a discovery order to protect a constitutional right. 

See e.g., San Jose Mercury News, Inc. v. United States Dist. Court, 187 F.3d 1096, 1100 (9th Cir. 

1999) (reversing district court’s denial of permissive intervention to allow a non-party to pursue 

its First Amendment right of access challenge to an existing protective order). 

Further, the grant of permissive intervention will protect Mr. Levendowski’s right to 

appeal orders of this Court: “An intervenor may appeal from ‘all interlocutory and final orders 

that affect him . . . whether the right under which he intervened was originally absolute or 

discretionary.’” Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in Action, 480 U.S. 370, 376 (1987)

quoting Moore & J. Kennedy, Moore's Federal Practice para. 24-15, pp. 24-169-24-170 (2d ed. 

1985). 

Because Mr. Levandowski seeks to modify an existing Order of this Court to ensure the 

protection of his Fifth Amendment rights, this Court should grant the present motion for 

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permissive intervention. A grant of permissive intervention will allow Mr. Leveandowski to 

fully litigate the issue both in the district court and the Ninth Circuit. 

For the foregoing reasons, the Court should grant the present motion to intervene under 

Rule 24(b). 

Date: April 5, 2017 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/

Miles Ehrlich

Ismail Ramsey

Amy Craig

Ramsey & Ehrlich LLP

Counsel for Non-Party Anthony 

Levandowski

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

For the reasons stated above, non-party Anthony Levandowski may intervene pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(b) in the above-captioned matter.

DATE: ________________ ________________________________

WILLIAM H. ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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