Jones
Jones v. PGA Tour, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
4 MATT JONES; BRYSON DECHAMBEAU; Case No. 5:22-CV-04486-BLF PETER UIHLEIN; and LIV GOLF, INC.,
ORDER RE: PLAYER AGENT
Plaintiffs, DISCOVERY DISPUTE
v. Re: Dkt. 153 PGA TOUR, INC., Defendant. 10
PGA TOUR, INC.,
12 Counter-Claimant, 13 v.
LIV GOLF, INC.,
15 Counter-Defendant. 16 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Statement regarding their dispute over the collection 17 and production of custodial ESI from agents representing professional golfers Phil Mickelson, 18 Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford, and Ian Poulter (collectively, the “Players”). Dkt. 153. The 19 Players were initially Plaintiffs in this action, until they dismissed their claims on September 27, 20 2022. 21 The Players have accepted service of the PGA TOUR, Inc.’s (the “TOUR”) subpoenas 22 seeking the production of documents. The TOUR’s subpoenas defined the responding party as 23 including the Players’ “attorneys, agents . . ., member[s], or employee[s], or any other person 24 acting on [their] behalf.” The…