M.G.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6

M. G.,

7 Case No. 19-cv-01069-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 9 COMPEL

BODUM USA, INC.,

10 Docket No. 42 Defendant. 11

12 13 I. INTRODUCTION 14 Plaintiff M.G. brings a Motion to Compel Further Responses from Bodum USA, Inc. re 15 Requests For Production of Documents, Set One (“Motion”). In the Motion, Plaintiff asks the 16 Court to compel Defendant Bodum USA, Inc. (“Bodum USA”) to provide additional documents 17 and information from parent company Bodum Holding AG (“Bodum AG”), based in Switzerland, 18 and a subsidiary of Bodum AG, Bodum (Portuguesa) S.A. (“Bodum Portuguesa”), based in 19 Portugal. The Court finds that the Motion is suitable for determination without oral argument 20 pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b). For the reasons stated below, the Motion is DENIED.1 21 II. BACKGROUND 22 This products liability action arises out of an incident in which M.G., a minor, was 23 …