Golden Gate Way, LLC v. Enercon Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GOLDEN GATE WAY, LLC, Case No. 20-cv-03077-EMC (AGT)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR
v. EMERGENCY DISCOVERY
CONFERENCE
ENERCON SERVICES, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
Yesterday, defendant ERM-West Inc. emailed the undersigned’s deputy clerk to request an emergency discovery conference. ERM explained that at noon, yesterday, the deadline passed for a nonparty, Robert Clark-Riddell, to respond to a subpoena to produce documents. ERM insisted that this missed deadline precipitated an emergency, because the company needs the documents in question before next Wednesday, when it is scheduled to depose Clark-Riddell. ERM also underscored that the deposition must take place before the parties’ February 17, 2021, mediation. Clark-Riddell objected to ERM’s subpoena a week ago, on January 20, 2021. “Having objected, [he] [i]s not obligated to produce the subpoenaed documents, or even to search for them, until [ERM] obtain[s] an order…