4WEB, Inc. v. NuVasive, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 4WEB, INC, and 4WEB, LLC, Case No.: 24-cv-01021-JLS-MMP

11 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART

12 v. 4WEB’S MOTION TO COMPEL

COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENA

13 NUVASIVE, INC.,

FOR DEPOSITION TO PATRICK

14 Defendant. MILES

15 [ECF No. 230] 16 17 18 Pending before the Court is 4WEB’s Motion to Compel Compliance with Subpoena 19 for Deposition Issued to Non-Party Patrick Miles (“Miles”), a former senior executive at 20 NuVasive. ECF No. 230. The matter is fully briefed. ECF Nos. 249, 262.1 For the reasons 21 set forth below, the Court GRANTS IN PART the motion. 22 I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND 23 The Court presumes the parties’ familiarity with the facts and discusses them only 24 as necessary for context of this motion. 25 26 27 1 An unredacted version of the motion, opposition, and reply have been filed under seal. 28 1 Miles worked at NuVasive for approximately sixteen years, from 1999 to October 2 2017, holding various leadership positions.…