Tanaka

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD TANAKA, Case No. 22-cv-05476-TLT (AGT)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 48

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.,

Defendant.

This order resolves the discovery dispute filed at Dkt. 48. Plaintiff served Defendant with a demand for entry upon land to conduct an inspection, including “still and video photography,” of Defendant’s Richmond facility. See Dkt. 48, Ex. A. Defendant objected to the request, and Plaintiff now seeks a court order to compel the site inspection. The Court denies Plaintiff’s motion to compel a site inspection of Defendant’s facility for the following reasons. “Since entry upon a party's premises may entail greater burdens and risks than mere production of documents, a greater inquiry into the necessity for inspection would seem warranted.” Keith H. v. Long Beach Unified Sch. Dist., 228 F.R.D. 652, 659 (C.D. Cal. 2005) (quoting Belcher v. Bassett Furniture Indus., Inc., 588 F.2d 904, 908 (4th Cir. 1978)). Plaintiff contends that “[a] critical issue in this case is whether Plaintiff could have returned to his previous positions in Smalls Sort…