Baird
Baird v. BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHARLES BAIRD, et al., Case No. 17-cv-01892-HSG
8 Plaintiffs, ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION
FOR RELIEF FROM A
9 v. NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER
OF A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND
10 BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO COMPANY, N.A., et al., SEAL 11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 354, 355 12 13 I. MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM A NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER 14 Defendants filed Rule 72 objections to Magistrate Judge Westmore’s September 24, 2019 15 pretrial order, Dkt. No. 350, which the Court construes as a Motion for Relief from a 16 Nondispositive Pretrial Order of a Magistrate Judge under Civil Local Rule 72-2. See Dkt. No. 17 355. Defendants seek relief from Judge Westmore’s order compelling the production of fifteen 18 documents which Defendants claim they should be allowed to withhold or redact for privilege. 19 See generally id. 20 A district court may refer nondispositive pretrial issues to a magistrate judge under 28 21 U.S.C. §…