Jackson v. LinkedIn Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 JACQUELINE JACKSON, Case No. 24-cv-00812-PCP (VKD)

Plaintiff, ORDER RE DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE v. ESI PROTOCOL 10 Re: Dkt. No. 46 LINKEDIN CORPORATION, Defendant.

13 Plaintiff Jacqueline Jackson and defendant LinkedIn Corporation (“LinkedIn”) ask the Court to resolve disputes involving several provisions of their proposed protocol for discovery of electronically stored information (“ESI”). Dkt. No. 46. The Court finds this matter suitable for resolution without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). The Court orders as follows: 1. Section 4: Dates for preservation of ESI The parties disagree about the time frame for preservation of potentially relevant ESI. The Court agrees with LinkedIn that February 9, 2019, which is one year before the earliest actionable conduct at issue in the case, is an appropriate reference point for preservation as a general matter. …