Song

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 JAMES K. SONG, et al., Case No. 18-cv-06283-LHK (VKD)

9 Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE SANCTIONS

v. 10

11 AARON DRENBERG, Defendant. 12

13 By order dated June 19, 2019, the Court indicated its intention to require plaintiff James 14 Song and/or his counsel to reimburse defendant Aaron Drenberg for Mr. Song’s failure to comply 15 with this Court’s May 2, 2019 discovery order with respect to Mr. Drenberg’s first set of requests 16 for production of documents, absent a showing that the failure to comply was substantially 17 justified. Dkt. No. 48. Mr. Song responded to that order principally with complaints about Mr. 18 Drenberg’s counsel’s lack of cooperation in the discovery dispute resolution process. Dkt. No. 51. 19 Mr. Song has not made a persuasive showing that his own positions were substantially justified. 20 In its order of October 11, 2019, the Court has once again concluded that Mr. Song failed 21 to comply with his obligations under Rule 34 of the Federal…