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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BIJON HILL, Case No. 19-cv-05436-JST (JSC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: DISCOVERY DISPUTE

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 36 WALMART INC., Defendant.

12 Plaintiff contends that Defendant employed her on 10 occasions as a model for Defendant’s marketing material and did not pay her in the time required under California law to pay employees. Defendant contends that Plaintiff was an independent contractor and Plaintiff’s talent agency Scout Talent Management, LLC (“Scout”), not Defendant, was required to make payments to Plaintiff. Discovery has been referred to the undersigned magistrate judge. Now pending before the Court is a discovery dispute joint letter regarding Defendant’s motion to compel documents and interrogatory responses from Plaintiff. (Dkt. No. 36.) After carefully considering the docket and the parties’ written submission, the Court concludes that oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and rules as set forth below. 1. Document…