Song

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

JAMES K. SONG, et al., Case No. 18-CV-06283-LHK

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

RELIEF FROM NONDISPOSITIVE

v.

PRETRIAL ORDER OF MAGISTRATE

JUDGE

AARON DRENBERG, Re: Dkt. No. 102 Defendant. 17 On October 25, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Relief from Nondispositive Pretrial Order of Magistrate Judge challenging Judge DeMarchi’s October 11, 2019 Order Re Sanctions (ECF No. 87). See ECF No. 102. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 72-2, “no response need be filed and no hearing will be held concerning” a motion for relief from nondispositive pretrial order of magistrate judge “unless otherwise ordered by the assigned District Judge.” Civ. L. R. 72-2. The rule further provides that “[t]he District Judge may deny the motion by written order at any time,” though the District Judge “may not grant it without giving the opposing party an opportunity to respond.” Id. In fact, “[i]f no order denying the motion or setting a briefing…