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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTINA BIRD and CLARENCE No. 2:19-CV-01024-KJM-CKD

BIRD,

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v. 14 GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC., and DOES 1- 100, 16 Defendants. 17 Before the court is defendant’s motion to compel further discovery responses, documents, and signed authorizations for medical and financial records and request for sanctions. ECF No. 24. Plaintiffs filed a statement of non-opposition as to all matters in defendants’ motion except the request for sanctions. ECF No. 26. The parties timely filed a Joint Statement. ECF No. 27. The court heard oral argument via Zoom hearing on July 29, 2020. Having considered the relevant documents and arguments of the parties, the court finds as follows. I. BACKGROUND a. Case Background This is a products liability suit involving a medical device manufactured by defendant. Christina Bird had defendant’s medical device implanted in her cervical spine. She alleges that the device has migrated out of position,…