Delgado

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 NATALIE DELGADO, Case No. 23-cv-04181-SI

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE

9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 78 10 META PLATFORMS, INC., 11 Defendant.

12 13 The parties have met and conferred and, with the Court’s permission, have filed a lengthy 14 joint statement regarding their discovery dispute. See Dkt. No. 78. 15 16 BACKGROUND 17 Plaintiff Natalie Delgado is a citizen of Illinois who has a Facebook account and utilizes the 18 Messenger application, both of which are owned and operated by defendant Meta Platforms, Inc. 19 (“Meta”). Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 25, 148. According to the complaint, on multiple occasions in 20 2023, 2022, and “throughout the Class Period, Plaintiff has, for personal use, input her voice into 21 an audio function on Facebook or Messenger, including, inter alia, to dictate text messages to send 22 via Messenger, sending an audio recording of her voice via Messenger, and making audio calls via 23 Messenger.” Id. ¶ 149. …