Perdue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATURAL GROCERS, et al., Case No. 20-cv-05151-JD Plaintiffs, y. ORDER RE PRIVILEGE LOG Re: Dkt. No. 47 SONNY PERDUE, et al., ll Defendants.

With respect to the parties’ privilege log disagreement, the government recognizes that “it 14 || is the prevailing practice in the Northern District of California to require the production of a || privilege log with the administrative record.” Dkt. No. 47 at 4-5. That is the Court’s practice. See a Emami v. Pars Equality Center, No. 18-cv-1587-JD, Dkt. No. 117 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 12, 2019). || The existence vel non of a valid privilege shielding discovery goes directly to the hallowed 18 || principle that “wide access to relevant facts serves the integrity and fairness of the judicial process || by promoting the search for the truth.” Shoen v. Shoen, 5 F.3d 1289, 1292 (9th Cir. 1993). || Consequently, the government is directed to produce by August 13, 2021,…