Dish Network LLC. v. Jadoo TV, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division DISH NETWORK L.L.C., Case No. 20-cv-01891-CRB (LB)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: ECF No. 224 JADOO TV, INC., et al., Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff, Dish Network LLC, in this copyright infringement action contends that the defendants, Jadoo TV, Inc. and Sajid Sohail, should be sanctioned under Rule 37(e) for failing to preserve emails of Haseeb Shah, a former JadooTV employee and former defendant in this case.1 The plaintiff asks the court to grant default judgment against the defendants or issue a mandatory adverse-inference instruction.2 The defendants counter that they (1) produced all emails in their possession, custody, and control, (2) instructed employees to preserve documents shortly after the 24 25 26 27 1 Disc. Letter – ECF No. 224 at 2–4. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page…