Song
Bluestar Genomics v. Song
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BLUESTAR GENOMICS, Case No. 21-cv-04507-JST
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM NON-
DISPOSITIVE PRETRIAL ORDER
CHUNXIAO SONG, et al., Re: ECF No. 168 Defendants.
12 Before the Court is Plaintiff Bluestar Genomics’ (“Bluestar”) motion for relief from a non- dispositive pretrial order of a magistrate judge. ECF No. 168. Bluestar seeks relief from Magistrate Judge Cisneros’ order denying Bluestar’s request to compel Defendant Dr. Chunxiao Song to produce documents responsive to Bluestar’s Requests for Production (“RFPs”). ECF No. 167. The Court will deny the motion. “A non-dispositive order entered by a magistrate must be deferred to unless it is ‘clearly erroneous or contrary to law.’” Grimes v. City and County of San Francisco, 951 F.2d 236, 241 (9th Cir. 1991) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A)). “A decision is ‘contrary to law’ if it applies an incorrect legal standard or…