City and County of San Francisco v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Case No. 18-cv-07591-CRB FRANCISCO, et al., 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE BOARD OF PHARMACY MOTION TO QUASH AND v. WALGREENS’ MOTION TO COMPEL DOJ TO PRODUCE CURES DATA PURDUE PHARMA L.P., et al., Dkt. 282, 465, 498 Defendants.

14 Walgreens Co. (“Walgreens”) issued subpoenas to two non-party state agencies, the 15 California Board of Pharmacy (the “Board”) and the California Department of Justice (the 16 “DOJ”), seeking various datasets from the California Controlled Substance Utilization Review and 17 Evaluation System (California’s “CURES” database). See Dkt. 282 at 8-9; Dkt. 465-13. The 18 CURES database is maintained by the California government and contains information about 19 patients, prescribers, and pharmacies related to prescription drug sales (Schedule II, III, IV, and IV 20 controlled substances) in California. CURES is the authoritative and most complete…