Yusuf
J.T., et al. v. City and County of San Francisco, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 J.T., et al., Case No. 23-cv-06524-LJC
Plaintiffs,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. REQUESTS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY
SHOULD NOT BE DENIED
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 221 11 Defendants.
12 At 5:34 PM on December 8, 2025, Defendants filed a letter seeking to compel production of documents by non-party witness H.H., non-party witness Suzanne Schaefer (the guardian of Plaintiff S.H.), and Plaintiff Jack Brundage, all of whom are represented by Plaintiffs’ counsel. ECF No. 221. As Defendants recognize, the cutoff for that category of discovery was December 1, 2025. Under Civil Local Rule 37-3, discovery-related motions must be filed no later than seven days after an applicable discovery cutoff, unless otherwise ordered, so the day that Defendants filed their letter was the deadline to bring such a motion. Defendants filed this letter unilaterally “in order to preserve these issues for the motion to compel…