Mike’s Novelties, Inc. v. PIV Enterprises, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MIKE’S NOVELTIES, INC., No. 1:23-cv-01309 JLT SAB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

13 v. REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF THE

MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S ORDER

14 PIV ENTERPRISES, INC., (Docs. 36, 42) 15 Defendant. 16 17 The motion before the Court arises from an ongoing discovery dispute between Mike’s 18 Novelties, Inc. (“MNI”) and PIV Enterprises, Inc. (“PIV”). (See generally Docs. 32, 33, 34, 35, 19 36.) Pursuant to Rule 72 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, MNI seeks a review of the 20 magistrate judge’s order granting PIV’s motion to compel discovery.1 (Doc. 36.) For the reasons 21 set forth below, MNI’s motion for review is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. 22 1In the “Order Re Joint Statement of Discovery Disagreement” (Doc. 36), the magistrate judge construed 23 the parties’ “Joint Statement of Discovery Agreement” (Doc. 35) as a motion to compel Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant MNI’s further responses to PIV’s amended written…