Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ELISA THOMPSON, Case No. 21-cv-00026-TLT

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v.

ORACLE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

12 On May 11, 2023, the Court held a further case management conference. At the conference, the Court asked about the status of Jeff Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter is a former employee of Sun Microsystems, Inc., and a person likely to be a key witness in this case. Defendants stated that although they made efforts to locate Mr. Carpenter, their initial efforts proved unsuccessful. A district court has wide discretion in controlling discovery. See Little v. City of Seattle, 863 F.2d 681, 685 (9th Cir. 1988). Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(A)(ii), parties are required to provide “a copy—or a description by category and location—of all documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things that the disclosing party has in its possession, custody, or control and may use to support its claims and defenses.” Fed. R. Civ. P. …