Pratt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID PRATT, Case No. 22-cv-04228-HSG (AGT)

Plaintiff,

DISCOVERY ORDER

v. Re: Dkt. No. 73 ROBERT C. HIGGINS, et al., Defendants.

This order resolves the parties’ discovery dispute filed at Dkt. 73. Following the January 11, 2024, hearing before the undersigned, Plaintiff grouped their requests for pro- duction of documents into 13 categories. Dkt. 73 at 1. Categories 1–11 are at issue here. The Court resolves the parties’ discovery dispute as follows: Categories 1–5, 7, and 8 Plaintiff seeks an order compelling Defendants to “produce all responsive documents by a date certain, i.e., within 10 days.” Id. at 3. Defendants have “acknowledged that these were generally relevant documents” but is requesting Plaintiff provide search terms to result in a reasonable search “that is proportional to the needs of the case and that is not burdensome or unduly expensive.” Id. at 4 (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1)). Plaintiff has agreed to provide search terms for “requests [of Category 7] calling for production of communications with foreign and domestic government entities.” Id. at 3. The party…