Turner
Turner v. Apple, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 ALASDAIR TURNER, Case No. 5:20-cv-07495-EJD
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE
v. ORDER OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE
APPLE, INC., Re: ECF No. 277 Defendant.
Before the Court is Plaintiff Alasdair Turner’s motion for relief from Magistrate Judge Cousins’ nondispositive discovery order. Mot, ECF No. 277. Judge Cousins denied Turner’s request to compel discovery of an internal dashboard used by Defendant Apple, Inc. because he “was not persuaded that . . . the information was relevant and proportional to the needs of the case under [Rule] 26.” Minute Entry, ECF No. 252. Since Judge Cousins’ order was neither clear error nor contrary to law, the Court DENIES Turner’s motion. I. BACKGROUND In general terms, Turner alleges that certain versions of Apple’s iOS operating system for iPhones contain code that misuse consumers’ cellular data. Second Am.…