Rusoff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JONATHAN RUSOFF, et al., Case No. 21-cv-08084-YGR (LJC)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY

v. DISPUTE

THE HAPPY GROUP, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 45, 49 Defendant.

12 The parties in this consumer class action have presented to the Court a long-running, unresolved discovery dispute concerning the contents of their Protocol for the Production of Electronically Stored Information (ESI Protocol). The parties attempted to devise a stipulated ESI Protocol that specifies, among other things, custodians and search terms. The parties, however, have failed to agree on three particular custodians (Ryan Parkinson, Pat Bryant, Alexander Kent) and search terms that would apply to all of the custodians. See Dkt. Nos. 45, 49. After the parties briefed the dispute, the undersigned submitted a tentative ruling to the parties and, on December 30, 2022, a hearing was held. The questions now before the Court are as follows. Are Plaintiffs’…