Optrics Inc v. Barracuda Networks Inc

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 OPTRICS, INC., Case No. 17-cv-04977-RS (TSH)

9 Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

10 v. Re: Dkt. No. 122 11 BARRACUDA NETWORKS, INC., 12 Defendant.

13 14 I. BACKGROUND 15 Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint letter regarding Plaintiff Optrics, Inc.’s 16 request for the Court to issue letters rogatory to the Court of Queen’s Bench, Alberta, Canada. 17 ECF No. 122.1 Optrics, a Canadian corporation, seeks the letters rogatory for requests for 18 production of documents propounded on it by Defendant Barracuda Networks, Inc. Optrics argues 19 letters rogatory are necessary because it will be required to produce documents “which may be 20 confidential under Canadian law” and Canada does not recognize an order of any foreign tribunal 21 to require such production. Having reviewed the parties’ positions, the Court finds the issuance of 22 letters rogatory unnecessary. 23 24

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