Rearden LLC v. Crystal Dynamics, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 REARDEN LLC, et al., Case No. 17-cv-04187-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. RELIEF FROM NON-DISPOSITIVE
PRETRIAL ORDER
CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, INC., Re: ECF No. 399 Defendant.
12 Before the Court is Plaintiffs Rearden LLC’s and Rearden Mova LLC’s motion for relief from a non-dispositive pretrial order of a magistrate judge. ECF No. 399. Rearden seeks relief from Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler’s February 24, 2025 Order Regarding Settlement Negotiations. ECF No. 397 (“the Order”). Defendant Crystal Dynamics, Inc. opposes the motion. ECF No. 400. “A non-dispositive order entered by a magistrate must be deferred to unless it is ‘clearly erroneous or contrary to law.’” Grimes v. City and County of San Francisco, 951 F.2d 236, 241 (9th Cir. 1991) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A)). The district court “may not simply substitute its judgment” for that of the magistrate judge. Id. This “deferential standard…