Lamartina
Lamartina v. VMware, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 WILLIAM LAMARTINA, Case No. 20-cv-02182-EJD (VKD)
9 Plaintiff,
ORDER RE DECEMBER 19, 2023
10 v. DISCOVERY DISPUTE RE
PRIVILEGE
11 VMWARE, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 116 Defendants. 12
13 14 The parties ask the Court to resolve a dispute concerning defendant VMWare, Inc.’s 15 (“VMWare”) assertion that the attorney-client privilege protects portions of four documents 16 produced by non-party Peter Dockery. Dkt. No. 116. At the Court’s direction, VMWare provided 17 redacted and unredacted copies of each document to the Court for in camera review. The Court 18 held a hearing on the matter on January 16, 2024 (Dkt. No. 130), after which the Court invited the 19 parties to make supplemental submissions (Dkt. No. 129). On January 24, 2024, VMWare filed a 20 declaration in support of its position and identified additional cases for the Court’s consideration. 21 Dkt. Nos. 134, 135. Plaintiff did not make a supplemental submission.1…