In re California Bail Bond Antitrust Litigation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 19-cv-00717-JST

IN RE CALIFORNIA BAIL BOND

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT

LEXINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE

CORPORATION AND AMERICAN

SURETY COMPANY’S MOTION FOR

RELIEF FROM NON-DISPOSITIVE

This order relates to: PRETRIAL ORDER OF MAGISTRATE

JUDGE

ALL ACTIONS Re: ECF No. 536

13 14 Before the Court is Defendants Lexington National Insurance Corporation (“Lexington”) and American Surety Company’s (“ASC”) (together, “Moving Defendants”) motion for relief from a non-dispositive pretrial order of a magistrate judge. ECF No. 536. Moving Defendants ask the Court to reverse Judge Ryu’s order denying Moving Defendants’ clawback motion. ECF No. 533. The Court will deny the motion. “A non-dispositive order entered by a magistrate must be deferred to unless it is ‘clearly erroneous or contrary to law.’” Grimes v. City & Cnty. of San Francisco,…