Dawood

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAHMOOD DAWOOD, individually and No. 2:22-cv-00896 DAD AC on behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

SIKI EAGLE SARL,

15 Defendant.

17 Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to permit limited third-party discovery. ECF No. 12. Plaintiff filed this putative class action on May 25, 2022. ECF No. 1. Defendant is a French corporation that produces air purifiers. Id. at 3. Defendant has not appeared in this case and the Clerk of Court entered default against it on October 20, 2023. ECF No. 9. Now before the court is plaintiff’s motion to conduct limited third-party discovery in anticipation of filing a motion for default judgment. ECF No. 12. Pursuant to Rule 26(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[a] party may not seek discovery from any source before the parties have conferred as required by Rule 26(f), except . . . when authorized by these rules, by stipulation, or by court order.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(d)(1). Courts…