Optrics Inc v. Barracuda Networks Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 OPTRICS, INC., Case No. 17-cv-04977-RS (TSH)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 122 BARRACUDA NETWORKS, INC., Defendant.

13 I. BACKGROUND Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint letter regarding Plaintiff Optrics, Inc.’s request for the Court to issue letters rogatory to the Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta, Canada. ECF No. 122. Optrics, a Canadian corporation, seeks the letters rogatory for requests for production of documents propounded on it by Defendant Barracuda Networks, Inc. Optrics argues letters rogatory are necessary because it will be required to produce documents “which may be confidential under Canadian law” and Canada does not recognize an order of any foreign tribunal to require such production. Having reviewed the parties’ positions, the Court finds the issuance of letters rogatory unnecessary. 23

25 1 On October 7, 2019, Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte ordered the parties…