Chinitz
Chinitz v. Intero Real Estate Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 RONALD CHINITZ, et al., Case No. 18-cv-05623-BLF
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S
v. MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NON-
DISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER OF
INTERO REAL ESTATE SERVICES, MAGISTRATE JUDGE Defendant. [Re: ECF No. 259]
12 Before the Court is Defendant Intero Real Estate Services’ motion for relief from a non- dispositive pretrial order of Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins, pursuant to Local Civil Rule 72-2. See ECF No. 259 (“Motion”). Intero takes issue with Judge Cousins’ denial of its request to serve subpoenas on non-party Zillow Group, Inc., which Intero claims are necessary to show that Plaintiffs took steps in connection with selling their homes. Id. at 1. Intero argues that the request is proportional to the needs of the case, and that Judge Cousins’ finding to the contrary is clearly erroneous. Id. A magistrate judge’s non-dispositive pretrial…