Shah

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 VISHAL SHAH, Case No. 25-cv-05213-NW

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO SET ASIDE

NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER

POLITICO LLC, Re: ECF No. 50 Defendant.

12 Before the Court is Defendant Politico LLC’s motion for relief from an order issued by Judge Cousins denying Politico’s motion to stay discovery. ECF No. 50; L.R. 72-2. When reviewing a party’s objections to a magistrate judge’s nondispositive order, the district judge must “modify or set aside any part of the order that is clearly erroneous or is contrary to law.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a). A district court should only overturn a magistrate judge’s ruling “if it is left with the ‘definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.’” E.E.O.C. v. Peters’ Bakery, 301 F.R.D. 482, 484 (N.D. Cal. 2014) (quoting Burdick v. C.I.R., 979 F.2d 1369, 1370 (9th Cir. 1992)). Judge Cousins’ order was not clearly erroneous or contrary to law. The Court has…