Baird

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CHARLES BAIRD, et al., Case No. 17-cv-01892-HSG

Plaintiffs, ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION

FOR RELIEF FROM A

v. NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER

OF A MAGISTRATE JUDGE AND

BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO COMPANY, N.A., et al., SEAL 11 Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 354, 355 12 I. MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM A NONDISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER Defendants filed Rule 72 objections to Magistrate Judge Westmore’s September 24, 2019 pretrial order, Dkt. No. 350, which the Court construes as a Motion for Relief from a Nondispositive Pretrial Order of a Magistrate Judge under Civil Local Rule 72-2. See Dkt. No. 355. Defendants seek relief from Judge Westmore’s order compelling the production of fifteen documents which Defendants claim they should be allowed to withhold or redact for privilege. See generally id. A district court may refer nondispositive pretrial issues to a magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. §…