Shute
(PC) Jones v. Shute
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARCELL JONES, No. 2:22-cv-01384-DJC-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER
MICHELLE SHUTE, et al.,
Defendants.
On March 1, 2024, Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes issued an order granting in part a Defendants’ Motion to Compel. (ECF No. 39.) Plaintiff Marcell Jones now seek reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge’s order. (ECF No. 40.) Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(a), a party may object to a non- dispositive order issued by a Magistrate Judge within fourteen days of the order being served. Orders of a magistrate judge addressing discovery motions are non- dispositive and thus subject to the “clearly erroneous or contrary to law” standard of review. Rockwell Intern., Inc. v. Pos-A-Traction Indus., Inc., 712 F.2d 1324, 1325 (9th Cir. 1983); see 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); see also L.R. 303(f). “A magistrate judge's decision is contrary to law if it applies an incorrect legal standard, fails to consider an 27…