McGhee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 DEREK L MCGHEE, Case No. 18-cv-05999-JSW (RMI)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: JOINT DISCOVERY

v. LETTER BRIEFS

TESORO REFINING & MARKETING Re: Dkt. Nos. 90, 93 COMPANY LLC, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 Now pending before the court is a discovery dispute wherein Plaintiff seeks to compel pre- certification class-wide discovery relating to his rest break and minimum-wage claims. See Joint Supp. Ltr. Br. (dkt. 93) at 1. Plaintiff initially presented his arguments in a letter brief filed on September 30, 2020 (see Ltr. Br. (dkt. 90) at 1-4); however, because the Letter Brief was non- compliant with the undersigned’s General Standing Order, and because it was clear that the letter had been filed without being preceded by a good-faith effort to meet and confer (i.e., Plaintiff was attempting to compel deposition testimony that Defendants had already offered to provide), the Parties were ordered (see dkt. 92)…