Noem

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE, et al., Case No. 25-cv-01766-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

v. MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM

NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER

KRISTI NOEM, et al., OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Defendants. Docket No. 187

13 The government seeks relief from a discovery order issued by Judge Kim on June 6, 2025. See Docket No. 184 (order). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, this Court reviews Judge Kim's discovery order for clear error or a ruling contrary to law. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) (providing that “[a] judge may designate a magistrate to hear and determine any pretrial matter pending before the court [with limited exceptions]” and that a judge “may reconsider any pretrial matter . . . where it has been shows that the magistrate judge’s order is clearly erroneous or contrary to law”); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a); Grimes v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 951 F.2d 236, 241 (9th Cir. 1991). In reviewing for clear error, a…