Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. Reichardt Duck Farm, Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES Case No. 22-cv-09065-AGT

TO TOXICS,

Plaintiff, DISCOVERY ORDER v. Re: Dkt. No.

REICHARDT DUCK FARM, INC, et al., Defendants.

This order resolves the parties’ April 24 dispute about defendants’ document production. 1. Production Deadline Defendants produced documents responsive to certain RFPs but report that they are “con- tinuing to look for more responsive documents, if any exist, and [that] such additional docu- ments, if found, will be produced when they are located.” Dkt. 33 at 3–4. Plaintiff seeks a court order that would require defendants to finalize their production within a week. See id. at 6. At this time, the Court won’t set a deadline by which defendants must complete their production. The fact-discovery cutoff isn’t until May 29, 2024, more than a year from now, see Dkt. 27, and plaintiff hasn’t explained why it needs the outstanding documents within a week. The Court isn’t suggesting that defendants can wait until the discovery cutoff to complete their production. But when either side asks the Court for discovery by a date…